heat stress

If cows are housed, split the daily feed and deliver 60% in the evening when cows are more likely to feed. Photo: Michel Velderman
16-06-2023 | Article

10 practices to manage heat stress in dairy cows

Understanding the concepts of thermoneutral zone, thermal comfort indices, thermal stress indicators, and thermal stress response including changes in behaviour is useful to recognise heat stress. Photo: Willem van Vliet
03-05-2023 | Article

Heat stress in dairy cows housed in confinement systems

Dr Alison Van Eenennaam, a geneticist at University of California at Davis used gene editing a few years ago to create a bull calf (named Cosmo). Photo: Dr Alison Van Eenennaam
25-04-2023 | Article

Genetic progress in cattle: a global overview

A cow producing 21 litres of milk per day will drink 103 litres of water when the temperature is 21°C (70F) and 109 litres of water when the temperature is 27°C (84F). Photo: Canva
10-04-2023 | News

Mitigation of heat stress in dairy cows gathers pace

Join our seminar: Want to maximise dairy farm margins?
23-02-2023 | News

Join our seminar: Want to maximise dairy farm margins?

Provide shade for cows or youngstock to help combat heat stress. Seeking shade is a clear sign that they are trying to avoid the sun. Photo: Snorri Sigurdsson
19-12-2022 | Expert opinion

Cooling dairy cows in Africa does not have to be complicated

Researchers discovered that cows with a high immune response also had a higher tolerance for increased temperatures. Photo: Dreamstime
31-08-2022 | Research

Breeding climate-resilient cattle

The number of Jersey herds has greatly increased in Canada and the US in recent years due to their pasture performance, higher milk fat and protein percentages. Photo: Team Publicatie
22-08-2022 | Article

How do dairy breeds perform on pasture?

Immune status of cattle under thermal stress
18-08-2022 | News

Immune status of cattle under thermal stress