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HEAT losses computed from respiratory gas analysis were used to determine animal food and water re-quirements. The specific heat production (kcal/kg-h) of Holstein calves were determined from continuously recording the respiratory gas exchange in an indirect calorimetric system. Growth rates varied by a factor of 30 over the measured temperature range for the same food investment.
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Gebremedhin et al. (1981) studied this question.
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