Abstract
Heat stress is a factor that causes loss of production and even death in cattle. Animals differ in vulnerability to heat stress. One reason for the difference may be the coat color associated with different breeds or genotypes. A good measure of the heat stress is respiration rate which increases in response to increasing ambient temperature. The objective of this study is to characterize the respiration rates of four genotypes of heat stressed feedlot heifers. Linear and nonlinear models will be compared to find an appropriate method of detecting differences among genotypes.
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Huang, Q.; Parkhurst, A. M.; Brown-Brandl, T. M.; Eigenberg, R. A.; and Nienaber, J. A.
(2006).
"EVALUATING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MODELS FOR THE RESPIRATION RATE OF FOUR BREEDS OF HEAT STRESSED FEEDLOT HEIFERS,"
Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture.
https://doi.org/10.4148/2475-7772.1129
EVALUATING LINEAR AND NONLINEAR MODELS FOR THE RESPIRATION RATE OF FOUR BREEDS OF HEAT STRESSED FEEDLOT HEIFERS
Heat stress is a factor that causes loss of production and even death in cattle. Animals differ in vulnerability to heat stress. One reason for the difference may be the coat color associated with different breeds or genotypes. A good measure of the heat stress is respiration rate which increases in response to increasing ambient temperature. The objective of this study is to characterize the respiration rates of four genotypes of heat stressed feedlot heifers. Linear and nonlinear models will be compared to find an appropriate method of detecting differences among genotypes.
