Heat tolerance of Santa Ines ewes with light and dark colored pelage Tolerância ao calor em ovelhas Santa Inês de pelagem clara e escura

Heat tolerance of Santa Ines ewes with light and dark colored pelage Tolerância ao calor em ovelhas Santa Inês de pelagem clara e escura

The heat tolerance index (HTI) of 16 light colored and 15 dark colored pelage of Santa Inês breed was evaluated. This study was carried out on hot days with BGHI greater than 90. In order to calculate HTI (10 – (RT2 - RT1)) rectal temperature (RT) was recorded at 01:00 p.m. (RT1) after two hours of...

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Main Authors: Alfredo Manoel Franco Pereira, Ivani Pozar Otsuk, Gerson Barreto Mourão, Mauro Sartori Bueno, Eduardo Antonio da Cunha, Luciana Morita Katiki, Cristiane Gonçalves Titto, Cecília José Veríssimo, José Carlos Machado Nogueira Filho, Evaldo Antonio Lencioni Titto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal da Bahia 2009-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal
Online Access:http://revistas.ufba.br/index.php/rbspa/article/view/1079

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