Thoughts and insights on some factors that can affect the effectiveness of heat stress mitigation in dairy farms
Dear Dr. Flamenbaum, in my opinion, besides enough drinking water provision, wetting and ventilation, there's provision of shadow (protection from sunshine radiation), thinking about the feed, less dry roughage to digest hardly, take more time for digestion and producing more heat. Thanks.
Jean Vincent Bioret, do you think farms where we already have 40ºC plus temperature your beds can work and protect cows from heat stress? There is a huge difference between France and Middle East or south East Asian countries' weather conditions. We did try water bed at University of Wisconsin and next day we stop the whole experiment because of too much heat accumulation... There is no comparison between sand and water bed or mattresses.
Sohail Bajwa Yes, I really believe it will have an impact also in Middle East or South East Asian countries.
A waterbed contrary to sand or other traditional mattresses will cool down the cow as for the water presence. the heat is dissipated on the side of the water pouch. (I do have studies available if you want)
The cooling waterbed product that we have launched is a waterbed with a cooled water circulation through the mattress that takes the cows heat and drives it to a heat exchanger. The heat accumulated in your study in Wisconsin university is driven out with the solution we provide. Once again I do have studies that prove that I would be please to show them to you!
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Rajeshwaran these mattresses need to be installed on concrete that has a slope of 3 to 5% in order to have humidity drained out of the building. They need to be cleaned at the rear twice a day, in case manure is eventually on the mattress.
