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Physiological responses of Australian Merino wethers exposed to high heat load.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2012
Alhidary I A, Shini S, Al Jassim R A M, Gaughan J B
Abstract excerpt
Twelve 9-mo-old Merino wethers (30.4 ± 3.2 kg of BW) were used in a crossover study to investigate the heat tolerance of Australian Merino sheep by testing their physiological responses to repeated heat loads that occurred during summer months. Wethers were randomly divided into 2 groups of 6 wethers each, housed individually in an environmental chamber, and subjected to 2 d of thermoneutral conditions (TNC)...
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