Environmental physiology of livestock /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- From heat tolerance to heat stress relief : an evolution of notions in animal farming
- Physiological basics of temperature regulation in domestic animals
- Heat stress and evaporative cooling
- Regulation of acclimation to environmental stress
- Environment and animal well-being
- Effects of environment on metabolism
- Impact of hot environment on nutrient requirements
- Effects of environment on animal health : mechanisms and regulatory inputs
- Effect of environment on immune functions
- Strategies for improvement of thermal and reproductive responses under heat stress
- Prospects for improving fertility during heat stress by increasing embryonic resistance to elevated temperature
- Environmental heat stress impairs placental function, fetal growth and development, and postnatal performance in livestock
- Effects of photoperiod on domestic animals
- Rethinking heat index tools for livestock
- Strategies to reduce the impact of heat and cold stress in dairy cattle facilities
- Genotype by environment interactions in commercial populations
- Responses of poultry to environmental challenges