High temperatures reduce water take of dairy cattle

Regan, W; Mead, S

High temperatures reduce water take of dairy cattle

Authors

W. M. Regan
S. W. Mead

Authors Affiliations

W. M. Regan is Professor of Animal Husbandry and Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, Davis; S. W. Mead is Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry and Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 1(10):3-3. DOI:10.3733/ca.v001n10p3b. September 1947.

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Abstract

The water consumption results reported below are the by-product of a large experiment designed to study the affect of changes in environmental temperature on high producing dairy cows.

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