Assessment of Housing Systems for Feedlot Cattle During Summer

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 633-639

  Gaughan, J B ^a   Holt, S M ^b   Pritchard, R H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Hubbard Feeds Inc   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cattle; Heat stress; Housing; Panting score

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649661141     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30767-1     Document Type: Article

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