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Albedo and Thermal Ecology of White, Red, and Black Cows (Bos taurus) in a Cold Rangeland Environment

SIMPLE SUMMARY: There is a trend of more black hided beef cattle globally, yet cattle on rangelands have limited thermoregulation options. I measured the winter albedo of cows in fresh snow with pixel analysis (n = 3 images) and then external cattle temperatures (Temp(cow)), and the differences (ΔT)...

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Autor principal: Scasta, John Derek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8143126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919099
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11051186