Genetic Component of Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle, Development of Heat Index Function.

O, Ravagnolo; I, Misztal; G, Hoogenboom

doi:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(00)75094-6

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Genetic Component of Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle, Development of Heat Index Function.

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Ravagnolo O

Misztal I

Hoogenboom G

Abstract

Production data obtained from AIPL USDA included 119,337 first-parity, test-day records of 15,012 Holsteins from 134 Georgia farms collected in 1990 to 1997. Weather information was obtained from the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network and included daily minimum, average, and maximum ...

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