During live shipment, sheep can be exposed to prolonged periods of high heat and humidity, while environmental conditions in a Western Australian sheep feedlot have not yet been assessed. The research described in this thesis was conducted to determine the physiological responses of sheep to conditions within the live export and feedlotting industries, with particular focus on that of heat stress. This work also developed methods to determine the critical wet bulb temperature, otherwise known as the heat stress threshold (HST) of Merino rams, ram lambs and wethers exposed to live export condi-tions. This work also studied environmental conditions within a Aus-tralian summer feedlot and the physiological responses of cross bred ewes and wethers to these conditions when fed feedlot rations.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller E.K.
ISBN-13
9783639041965
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3049042180
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Natural Science
Author
Catherine Stockman, Anne Barnes
Publication Name
Sheep Exposed to Heat Load Within Intensive Sheep Industries
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Biology
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
295g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Anne Barnes, Catherine Stockman
Country/Region of Manufacture
Germany
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