Effect of the temperature-humidity index on body temperature and conception rate of lactating dairy cows in Southwestern Japan

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-456

  Nabenishi, Hisashi ^a,b   Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Nishimoto, Toshihumi ^a   Morita, Tetsuo ^b   Ashizawa, Koji ^b   Tsuzuki, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a Miyazaki Livestock Research Institute   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conception rate; Lactating dairy cow; Temperature humidity index (THI); Vaginal temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMIDITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; JAPAN; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 80052596856     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.10-135T     Document Type: Article

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