Coping with summer weather: management strategies to control heat stress

dc.contributor.author	Smith, J.F.
dc.contributor.author	Harner, J.P.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-05T21:57:06Z
dc.date.available	2011-05-05T21:57:06Z
dc.date.issued	2011-05-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8745
dc.description.abstract	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 intake, slower rate of feed passage, decreased blood flow to internal organs, decreased milk production, and poor reproductive performance. The lower milk production, and reproductive performance cause economic losses to commercial dairy producers. This review will discuss methods that can be used on commercial dairy farms to reduce the effects of heat stress on dairy cattle.	en_US
dc.publisher	Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Dairy Day, 1996	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 97-115-S	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 771	en_US
dc.subject	Heat stress	en_US
dc.subject	Summer	en_US
dc.subject	Cooling	en_US
dc.title	Coping with summer weather: management strategies to control heat stress	en_US
dc.type	Conference paper	en_US
dc.date.published	1996	en_US
dc.citation.epage	22	en_US
dc.citation.spage	20	en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid	jfsmith	en_US
dc.contributor.authoreid	jharner	en_US