Quantifying the effect of heat stress on daily milk yield and monitoring dynamic changes using an adaptive dynamic model

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4502-4513

  Andre G ^a   Engel, B ^a   Berentsen, P B M ^a   Vellinga, Th V ^a   Oude Lansink, A G J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Heat stress; Precision livestock farming; Process control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80051711500     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4139     Document Type: Article

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