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Heat stress in dairy cows: Lessons from a Cumbrian dairy farm

With the arrival of summer prompting the mercury to rise, Dairy Farmer looks at how heat stress can affect milk yield and conception rates in high yielding dairy cattle, and how to mitigate its impact

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Milk production and fertility can be adversely affected by high temperatures.
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Milk production and fertility can be adversely affected by high temperatures.

The comfortable temperature zone for high yielding dairy cows fluctuates significantly, with factors such as humidity and stage of lactation causing the optimum ambient temperature to range between 5 and...

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