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Effects of heat waves on mortality of dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2015

A. Vitali ,
A. Felici ,
S. Esposito ,
U. Bernabucci ,
L. Bertocchi ,
C. Maresca ,
A. Nardone  and
N. Lacetera
A. Vitali*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di scienze e tecnologie per l’Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l’Energia, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
A. Felici
Affiliation:
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche, 06126 Perugia, Italy
S. Esposito
Affiliation:
Unità di ricerca per la Climatologia e Meteorologia applicata all’Agricoltura, 00186 Roma, Italy
U. Bernabucci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di scienze e tecnologie per l’Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l’Energia, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
L. Bertocchi
Affiliation:
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Lombardia ed Emilia Romagna, 25124 Brescia, Italy
C. Maresca
Affiliation:
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale Umbria e Marche, 06126 Perugia, Italy
A. Nardone
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di scienze e tecnologie per l’Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l’Energia, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
N. Lacetera
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di scienze e tecnologie per l’Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l’Energia, Università della Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
*
†E-mail: nicgio@unitus.it
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dairyTHIhealthheat stress
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Advances in Animal Biosciences , Volume 6 , Special Issue 1: Proceedings of the MACSUR International Livestock Modelling and Research Colloquium , March 2015 , pp. 15 - 16
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