Short communication: Comparison of ambient temperature, relative humidity, and temperature-humidity index between on-farm measurements and official meteorological data

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 7731-7738

  Schuller L K ^a   Burfeind, O ^a   Heuwieser, W ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Dairy cow; Heat stress; Temperature humidity index

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84888028570     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6736     Document Type: Article

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