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| Correa-Calderón,A.; Morales,M.; Avendaño,L.; Leyva,C.; Rivera,F.; Díaz,R.; Soto-Navarro,S.. |
| The effects of a cooling system on productive efficiency and welfare of Holstein steers were evaluated during the summer. Sixty steers in the finishing phase were randomly allotted to one of two treatment-groups. Animals of control group were only provided with shade (non-cooled group) and a group of animals under a cooling system were installed in the shaded area (cooled group), which were operated daily from 09am to 6pm during the 69d of the study. The averages of environmental temperature and relative humidity were 35.4°C and 35.3%, respectively, with a temperature-humidity index average of 81.4 during the study. Individual body weight was recorded every two weeks, while body surface temperature and respiratory frequency were recorded three times per... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Steer; Cooling system; Feedlot; Heat stress; Performance. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352010000500024 |
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