Heat stress affects reproductive performance of high producing dairy cows bred in an area of southern apennines

Livestock Science

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-177

  Boni, R ^a   Perrone, L L ^a   Cecchini, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine; Calving interval; Economic loss; Heat stress; Temperature humidity index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84892492700     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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