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Lying down frequency as a discomfort index in heat stressed Holstein bull calves

Changes in lying behaviour in response to extreme ambient temperatures have not been examined in dairy calves so far. In this study, lying time, and frequency of lying down were investigated in shaded (n = 8) and non-shaded (n = 8) Holstein bull calves during a 5-d period [temperature, average/max (...

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Autores principales: Kovács, Levente, Kézér, Fruzsina L., Bakony, Mikolt, Jurkovich, Viktor, Szenci, Ottó
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6179998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33451-6