Pen-shade and morning versus afternoon feeding on feedlot-performance and respiratory rate of growing calves under hot weather

An abstract of a study by Barajas et al evaluating the effect of pen-shade and morning versus afternoon feeding on feedlot-performance and respiratory rate of growing calves under hot weather is presented. Results suggest providing pen-shade and afternoon feeding contributes to increase feedlot perf...

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Published inJournal of animal science Vol. 95; p. 254
Main Authors Barajas, R, Cervantes, B J, Lopez, B O, Jimenez-Leyva, D, Avendaño-Reyes, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Champaign Oxford University Press 01.08.2017
Subjects
Calves
Cattle
Factory farming
Feeding
Feedlots
Hot weather
Morning
Respiration
Respiratory rate
Respiratory system
Shade
Weather
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Summary:An abstract of a study by Barajas et al evaluating the effect of pen-shade and morning versus afternoon feeding on feedlot-performance and respiratory rate of growing calves under hot weather is presented. Results suggest providing pen-shade and afternoon feeding contributes to increase feedlot performance of calves under hot weather.
ISSN:0021-8812
1525-3163