Rajeshwaran

Surprising that the breed of the animal has not been mentioned!

As rightly mentioned, the suggested practices are for the capital intensive large-scale farms. For farmers having 1 or 2 individual animals at home (outside home) the suggestions to be given to protect the animal from heat stress will be different. To put it more straight, the suggestions being proposed are not suitable. Reduction of heat stress in dairy animals is a must. And this begins with th ...

Arfan Yousaf No trade secret there, my friend. All Indians do it as a matter of practice and consume it! Left over boiled rice should be kept in a bowl of water and add a bit of curd or buttermilk in it, essentially allowing the starch in the rice to ferment over a period of 48 hours. One can get a milk sour smell from it and sometimes if kept long enough one can see colonies of yeast on the sur ...

Raul Jesus Very well said.

The solution is NO mastitis. Remember US of A has a separate Board for Mastitis Control. Once an animal is affected by mastitis, the entire economics of rearing an animal for milk goes for a toss. Unfortunately, we are still peddling mastitis treatment. It is akin to collecting the milk which has got spilt on sand.

In India, each farmer makes his/her own yeast solution with zero cash out-flow!

I wonder how those (cooling) mattresses are going to be washed and dried. A potential source of mastitis. Yes, radiation heat can be easily reduced by blocking direct / indirect sunlight. During the hot hours (4 to 6 hours) a wet sack put over the body can greatly enhance cooling by way of evaporation. These sacks can then be dried outside.