Rethinking Heat Index Tools for Livestock

Environmental Physiology of Livestock

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 243-265

  Gaughan, J B ^a   Mader, T L ^b   Gebremedhin, K G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal observation; Animal response to heat load; Biological, THI and new indices; Climate change models; Comprehensive climate index (CCI); Heat balance, climatic; Heat index tools, in livestock; MLA Risk Analysis Program Results; Thermal stress models, response; Weather events

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886068693     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119949091.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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