Early-life heat stress exposure impacts dairy calf feeding and thermoregulatory behavior

Heat stress has well-known influences on dairy calf physiology, but less is understood about calf behavioral responses to heat stress. Herein, we evaluated milk replacer intake, standing activity, and lying behaviors of calves exposed to prenatal or postnatal heat stress or both. Holstein calves wer...

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Main Authors: Bethany Dado-Senn, Katie N. Gingerich, Kelsey C. Horvath, Sena L. Field, Marcela G. Marrero, Fiona Maunsell, Emily K. Miller-Cushon, Jimena Laporta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910221001769

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