By Jacobsen, K. L., Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian, 1996
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Part I of this two-part presentation discussed the effects of heat stress in dairy cows. This article describes methods for alleviating heat stress for dairy cows in hot and humid climates. It also discusses control of other stressor (e.g., nutritional diseases and transient voltage). Dairy cows in hot and humid climates can benefit from natural or artificial shades as well as from fans and sprinklers. Improper nutrition can produce ruminal damage and laminitis. Electrical shocks resulting from transient voltage can cause pain and distress; shocks from waters may decrease the cow's fluid intake. Cows respond well to gentle treatment and apparently produce more milk when country music is played in the milking parlor
Part I of this two-part presentation discussed the effects of heat stress in dairy cows. This article describes methods for alleviating heat stress for dairy cows in hot and humid climates. It also discusses control of other stressor (e.g., nutritional diseases and transient voltage). Dairy cows in hot and humid climates can benefit from natural or artificial shades as well as from fans and sprinklers. Improper nutrition can produce ruminal damage and laminitis. Electrical shocks resulting from transient voltage can cause pain and distress; shocks from waters may decrease the cow's fluid intake. Cows respond well to gentle treatment and apparently produce more milk when country music is played in the milking parlor
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