Effect of shade area on performance and welfare of short-fed feedlot cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2911-2925

  Sullivan, M L ^a   Cawdell Smith, A J ^a   Mader, T L ^b   Gaughan, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedlot cattle; Heat stress; Shade area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80052687722     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3152     Document Type: Article

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