Evaluation of conductive cooling of lactating dairy cows under controlled environmental conditions

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1759-1771

  Ortiz, X A ^a   Smith, J F ^a   Rojano, F ^b   Choi, C Y ^c   Bruer, J ^d   Steele, T ^d   Schuring, N ^e   Allen, J ^f   Collier, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d GEA Farm Technologies ^*  (United States)

^e Global Engineering Alliance GEA   (Germany)

^f NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive cooling; Dairy cow; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BED; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOVINE; BREATHING RATE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEAT; LACTATION; MICROCLIMATE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LACTATION; MILK; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY RATE; WATER;

EID: 84924063987     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8583     Document Type: Article

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