Significant mortality of large ruminants due to hypothermia in northern and central Lao PDR

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 835-842

  Khounsy, Syseng ^a   Nampanya, Sonevilay ^b   Inthavong, Phout ^a   Yang, Moua ^a   Khamboungheung, Bounkhoung ^a   Avery, Michaela ^b   Bush, Russell ^b   Rast, Luzia ^b   Windsor, Peter A ^b  

^a Department of Livestock and Fisheries   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle and buffalo; Climate extreme; Exposure; Hypothermia; Lao PDR; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COLD; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; LAOS; MALE; MORTALITY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; LAOS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 84857685273     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9975-1     Document Type: Article

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