The Dairy Podcast Show - #35 - Cool solutions: managing heat stress in cows

As summer approaches, we must be prepared to manage heat stress and prevent losses among our cows. Heat stress can lead to substantial losses in revenue for dairies, so it’s important to turn over every rock in looking for solutions. In this episode, with Dr. Glenn Holub, we explore the impact of heat stress during the early hot days leading up to summer, ways of identifying heat stress signals and physiological changes in cows, effective strategies and systems to minimize heat stress, and common mistakes in managing cow cooling.

What you'll learn:

1. Heat stress in colder areas

2. Parameters for identifying heat stress in cows

3. Physiological changes in cows with heat stress

4. Management strategies for heat stress

5. Cross-ventilation and tunnel systems

6. Evaporative cooling systems

7. The impacts of heat stress on dry cows

Meet the guests:

Dr. Glenn Holub

Experience

      ○ Current: Executive Technical Service Manager at Phibro Animal Health US Inc.

      ○ Past: Assistant Instructional Professor at Texas A&M University

Background

      ○ Ph.D., Dairy Science (Texas A&M University)

      ○ M.Sc., Dairy Science (Texas A&M University)

      ○ B.Sc., Dairy Science (Texas A&M University)

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn