Modeling dairy cow thermoregulation during warm and hot environmental conditions 1: Model development

Agriculture & Biology

• thermoregulation 80%
• dairy cows 61%
• heat transfer 56%
• cows 50%
• environmental factors 46%
• sweat 38%
• heat 34%
• body temperature 29%
• heat stress 26%
• breathing 26%
• milk production 18%
• Holstein 17%
• dewpoint 14%
• latent heat 14%
• air 13%
• skin temperature 12%
• insulating materials 11%
• heat production 10%
• animal behavior 10%
• physiological response 10%
• cooling 8%
• humidity 8%
• solar radiation 8%
• skin (animal) 7%
• tissues 4%
• temperature 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Dairies 100%
• Hot Temperature 34%
• Milk 15%
• Temperature 14%
• Skin 10%
• Latent heat 6%
• Heat generation 6%
• Air 6%
• Solar radiation 6%
• Heat losses 5%
• Animals 5%
• Insulation 5%
• Tissue 5%
• Cooling 4%
• Heat transfer 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Heat 53%
• Velocity 10%
• Metabolic 10%
• Dew Point 9%
• Solar Radiation 8%
• Heat Transfer 7%
• Humidity 5%
• Cooling 5%
• Environment 3%