Impact of heat stress on health and performance of dairy animals: A review

Veterinary World

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 260-268

  Das, Ramendra ^a   Sailo, Lalrengpuii ^a   Verma, Nishant ^a   Bharti, Pranay ^a   Saikia, Jnyanashree ^b   Imtiwati, ^b   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry   (India)

Author keywords

Amelioration; Health; Heat stress; Production; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962426647     PISSN: 09728988     EISSN: 22310916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.260-268     Document Type: Review

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