IFAS Extension
Financial Impacts of Late-Gestation Heat Stress on Cow and Offspring Lifetime Performance
L. T. Casarotto, J. Laporta, and G. E. Dahl
Agriculture
Abstract
This publication describes the financial implications of ignoring heat stress in dry cows to assist dairy producers in decisions about installation of heat abatement measures and cooling cows in that stage of the production cycle. Written by L. T. Casarotto, J. Laporta, and G. E. Dahl, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences, November 2021.
About this Publication
This document is AN374, one of a series of the Department of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
L. T. Casarotto, master's student, lactation physiology, Department of Animal Sciences; J. Laporta, assistant professor, mammary physiology, Department of Animal Sciences; and G. E. Dahl, professor, Department of Animal Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
How to Cite
Casarotto, L. T., Laporta, J., & Dahl, G. E. (2021). Financial Impacts of Late-Gestation Heat Stress on Cow and Offspring Lifetime Performance. EDIS, 2021(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-an374-2021
Authors
Jimena Laporta
external
University of Florida
former assistant professor, mammary physiology, UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences, Gainesville FL
Geoffrey Dahl
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, UF/IFAS Department of Animal Sciences
Publication #AN374
