Temperature-humidity index values and their significance on the daily production of dairy cattle;Utjecaj vrijednosti temperaturno-humidnog indeksa na dnevnu proizvodnju mliječnih goveda

Mljekarstvo

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-63

  Gantner, Vesna ^a   Mijić, Pero ^a   Kuterovac, Krešimir ^b   Solić, Drago ^c   Gantner, Ranko ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b Agrokor dd   (Croatia)

^c Hrvatska poljoprivredna agencija   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Daily production; Dairy cattle; Temperature humidity index

Indexed keywords

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EID: 79953246994     PISSN: 0026704X     EISSN: 18464025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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