Evaluation of thermal stress indexes for dairy cows in tropical regions
Data from 359 Holstein and 54 Jersey cows (total of 1359 observations) collected in commercial herds in the northeast of Brazil were used to evaluate six environmental stress indexes. The selection criterion was the correlation between the index value with the rectal temperature (RT) and the respiratory rate (RR) of cows. Both Temperature-Humidity Index (THI) and Black Globe-Humidity Index (BGHI) had the lowest correlations with animal RT and RR. The selected indexes were the Equivalent Temperature Index (r = 0.293 and 0.520 with RT and RR, respectively) and the Heat Load Index (0.286 and 0.542, respectively).
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
2007
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982007000500028 |
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