Effects of heat stress on reproductive efficiency of high yielding Holstein cows in a hot-arid environment

Background: high environmental temperature coupled with high humidity can result in reproductive failure in dairy cattle, with a drastic reduction in reproductive efficiency of dairy herds. Objective: to study the effect of high environmental temperature on reproduction performance of Holstein cows...

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Main Authors: Miguel Mellado, Edgar Sepulveda, Cesar Meza-Herrera, Francisco G Veliz, Jose R Arevalo, Jesus Mellado, Angeles De Santiago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2013-09-01
Series:Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuarias
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-06902013000300006&lng=en&tlng=en