heat stress

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

Poor or inadequate fan maintenance can decrease the overall airflow by fans as well as the efficiency of these motors by as much as 40%, increasing electric bills unnecessarily. Photo: Ronald Hissink

10-08-2022 | Article

How maintenance of dairy barn fans can save costs