Live yeast could help reduce the impact of heat stress on dairy production
Published:July 2, 2012
Summary
Heat stress could cost the dairy producer up to 400 €/cow/year ( Saint Pierre et al., 2003 ). Around 80% of these losses are associated with drop of productivity, and 20% with health issues: impaired reproduction and immunity, which translate into increased mortality and mastitis frequency etc. In 2011, Prof. Burgos Zimbelman and Collier, from University of Arizona revised the heat stress sc...