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Beef cows housed in mud during late gestation have greater net energy requirements compared with cows housed on wood chip bedding

Mud increases net energy requirements for cattle because mud and precipitation compromise the ability of the hair coat to insulate and maintain core body temperature of the cow. The increase in energy required for a gestating cow to compensate for a muddy environment is unknown. The objective of thi...

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Autores principales: Nickles, Kirsten R, Relling, Alejandro E, Garcia-Guerra, Alvaro, Fluharty, Francis L, Kieffer, Justin, Parker, Anthony J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9115909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35599844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tas/txac045