Feasibility and validity of animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment of thermal stress in dairy goats

Authors: M. Battini, S. Barbieri, L. Fioni, S. Mattiello

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: ambient-temperature, animal-based indicator, biophysics, cattle, cold, cold stress, comfort, dairy goat, environmental sciences, heat stress, low-temperatures, meteorology & atmospheric sciences, milk production, physiological-responses, physiology, sheep, thermal, thermoregulatory behavior, welfare assessment, winter