Skin and coat traits in sheep in Brazil and their relation with heat tolerance

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-126

  McManus, Concepta ^a   Louvandini, Helder ^b   Gugel, Rosilene ^b   Sasaki, Luiz Cláudio Bastos ^b   Bianchini, Eliandra ^b   Bernal, Francisco Ernesto Moreno ^b   Paiva, Samuel Rezende ^c   Paim, Tiago Prado ^b  

^a Av Bento Gonçalves ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bergamasca; Hair; Pigmentation; Santa In s; Sweat glands; Wool

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAIR; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SHEEP; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEAT GLAND;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; HAIR; HOT TEMPERATURE; LINEAR MODELS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SHEEP; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEAT GLANDS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649955474     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9663-6     Document Type: Article

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