Article
A new heat load index for feedlot cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2008
Gaughan J B, Mader T L, Holt S M, Lisle A
Abstract excerpt
The ability to predict the effects of extreme climatic variables on livestock is important in terms of welfare and performance. An index combining temperature and humidity (THI) has been used for more than 4 decades to assess heat stress in cattle. However, the THI does not include important climatic variables such as solar load and wind speed (WS, m/s). Likewise, it does not include management factors (the...
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