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Influence of Nutritional State on the Heat Tolerance of Cattle

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ON completion of an experiment in which two differently fed groups of cattle were used for studying the effect of low nutrition on seasonal changes in the hair coat, opportunity was also taken to make observations on the heat tolerance of the animals. The results of these latter observations are reported here.

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YEATES, N. Influence of Nutritional State on the Heat Tolerance of Cattle. Nature 178, 702–703 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178702b0

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