Physiological responses of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle to prolonged, continuous heat and humidity

D.T. Beatty; A. Barnes; E. Taylor; D. Pethick; M. McCarthy; S.K. Maloney

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Physiological responses of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle to prolonged, continuous heat and humidity

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Physiological responses of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle to prolonged, continuous heat and humidity

D.T. Beatty, A. Barnes, E. Taylor, D. Pethick, M. McCarthy and S.K. Maloney

Journal of Animal Science, Vol.84(4), pp.972-985

2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2527/2006.844972x

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Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the physiological responses of Bos taurus (Angus cross, n = 6) and Bos indicus (Brahman, n = 6) cattle to prolonged heat and humidity, as can occur during live export by sea. Each experiment was carried out in climate-controlled rooms, where heifers were exposed to 15 d of sustained heat and humidity. The treatment was designed to be representative of a long-haul, live-export voyage leaving a southern Australian winter and traveling to a Middle Eastern summer. Wet bulb temperature (WBT) was used to give a combined measure of dry bulb temperature and relative humidity and was increased over several days, culminating in 5 d at 32

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Title: Physiological responses of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle to prolonged, continuous heat and humidity
Authors/Creators: D.T. Beatty (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
A. Barnes (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
E. Taylor (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
D. Pethick (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
M. McCarthy (Author/Creator) - Professional Agricultural Services, Fremantle, 6595, Australia
S.K. Maloney (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
Publication Details: Journal of Animal Science, Vol.84(4), pp.972-985
Publisher: American Society of Animal Science
Identifiers: 991005541337607891
Copyright: 2006 American Society of Animal Science
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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