Temperature, thermal comfort, and animal ingestion behavior in a silvopastoral system

Thermal discomfort is one of the main causes of production losses in animals fully exposed to solar radiation under extensive livestock farming. The inclusion of trees in this farming system is the most efficient strategy to decrease the temperature and increase animal productivity without the need...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nilson Aparecido Vieira Junior, Marcelo Augusto de Aguiar e Silva, Paulo Henrique Caramori, Pablo Ricardo Nitsche, Karlmer Abel Bueno Corrêa, Daniel Soares Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2019-02-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/32990