Impact of mild heat stress on dry matter intake, milk yield and milk composition in mid-lactation Holstein dairy cows in a temperate climate

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-369

  Gorniak, Tobias ^a   Meyer, Ulrich ^a   Südekum, Karl Heinz ^b   Dänicke, Sven ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

dairy cattle; feed intake; heat stress; milk yield; relative humidity; temperate climate

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINAE; BREEDING; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LACTATION; MILK; SEASONS;

EID: 84925284714     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1745039X.2014.950451     Document Type: Article

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