Tag: heat stress
Lallemand releases webtool predicting heat stress-related losses for ruminants
Lallemand Animal Nutrition has unveiled a new webtool which predicts the negative impact that heat stress has on milk yield and milk quality for...
Animal science turns to advancing resilience for heat tolerance
Several research groups across the world are researching the challenge of enhancing the resilience of livestock to climatic variability and change. Understanding adaptive mechanisms...
Expert Chat – Managing heat stress, and a research postcard from down under
Birds cannot sweat and must rely on panting to cool down. That’s an inefficient method when you consider their feathers also serve as insulation....
Heat stress management: The importance of beef cattle nutrition
In dairy cows, the impact of heat stress can be easily measured, in particular through reduced milk production. Although there is less visibility, fattening...
Preparing poultry for heatwaves
To help birds survive heatwaves, they should not only be kept under the best possible living conditions, but their water-electrolyte metabolism should also be...
Understanding heat stress in dairy to alleviate it
Heat stress (HS) is caused by several weather factors: temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, air movement, and precipitation. Due to climate change and the...
Reducing impact of heat stress to improve broilers’ performance and welfare
To protect the birds against the impact of heat stress, poultry producers outfit houses with proper equipment (e.g. sprinklers or foggers), implement appropriate feeding...
pHix-up app, a new tool for rumen acidity management
France-based TIMAB Magnesium has launched pHix-up app, a new digital tool for rumen acidity management. The app helps calculating the required dosage of pHix-up...
CCPA Group develops THERMO® range to tackle heat stress
CCPA Group has developed the THERMO® range, specific nutritional solutions for each species, to be used in prevention or intervention, and digital solutions to...
Live yeast helps pigs cope with heat stress
Lallemand Animal Nutrition announced the results of a new study. According to the study; live yeast helps pigs cope with heat stress through gut...
