Cristina Chavira

During my consultancy activities, I get to visit many dairy farms, especially, those located in "warm regions" of the world. The visits are focused on the efforts to reduce the negative impact of summer heat stress on cow's performance.   Very few of the farms I visit do not have any kind of means to cool their cows in the summer and need to start from the beginning.  "Cow cooling" is ...

 Q: What are the main consequences of heat stress?A: Regarding milk production, there are different factors, not just volume, but also fat content and protein in the milk and quality of the milk; that means, the somatic cell count that increases when the cow is in that condition of stress. It also affects fertility, and the effect is an increase of the days open above what is recommended ...