Dairy cattle prefer shade over sprinklers: Effects on behavior and physiology
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The amount of shade influences the behavior and physiology of dairy cattle.
The objective was to understand how the amount of shade (shade cloth blocking 99% of solar radiation) influenced the behavior and physiology of Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle managed on pasture. We compared behavior, body temperature, and respiration rate of cattle provided with 1 of 3 treatments for 5 d: access to 2.4m(2) or 9.6m(2) shade/cow, or no shade (n=4 groups/treatment, 10 animals/grou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3608