heat stress

The study revealed significant changes in fertility traits when dairy cows were exposed to heat stress. Photo: Henk Riswick
09-05 | News

What happens to dairy cow fertility when temperatures rise?

Food security has been in the spotlight in North Africa in recent years, since the region braced itself for rapid population growth. Photo: Canva
16-01 | Article

From Egypt to Tunisia: North Africa’s rocky path towards self-sufficiency in dairy

During hot weather cows must consume large volumes of water; however, with more water consumption comes greater excretion which could lead to a disbalance of minerals. Photo: Mark Pasveer
27-12-2024 | Article

Mitigating heat stress in ruminants through nutrition

Results of the study showed that in Florida, most cows that remained in the herd for more than 5 lactations (14.5% of total cow records) were born during cool months compared with cows born during hot months. Photo: Canva
11-12-2024 | News

How birth season can help with cow longevity

Cost-effective cooling for outdoor cows
01-04-2024 | Article

Cost-effective cooling for outdoor cows

Heat-stressed ruminants could benefit from increases in the post-ruminal supply of AAs such as arginine, cysteine, leucine, lysine, and methionine.
18-03-2024 | Article

Amino acids to mitigate heat stress in ruminants

Heat stress: Cost-effective cooling for outdoor dairy cows
27-11-2023 | Article

Heat stress: Cost-effective cooling for outdoor dairy cows

More light in the dairy barn means healthier cows and better fertility. Photo: Chris McCullough
10-11-2023 | News

Better barn roofing for better performing cows

The thing is that you can not only use the temperature as an indicator for risk of heat stress in cows because it also truly matters how humid or dry the air is. Photo: Canva
06-07-2023 | Expert opinion

Are you sure your cows are not experiencing heat stress?