Browsing Dairy Day, 1996 by Subject "Summer"

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Coping with summer weather: management strategies to control heat stress

Smith, John F., 1962-; Harner, Joseph P. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-05-05)

Heat stress occurs when a dairy cow’s heat load is greater than her capacity to lose heat. The effects of heat stress include: increased respiration rate, increased water intake, increased sweating, decreased dry matter ...