Nutrition as a tool to help dairy cows adapt to heat stress

Production responses to heat stress may vary depending on factors such as cattle breed, body size, milk yield and degree of exposure to heat stress. Several feeding strategies will help dairy cows adapt to hot climates. Animals go through heat stress when the body temperature is higher than the optimal range specified for normal activity because the total heat load is greater than the capacity for heat dissipation. Temperate dairy cows are particularly susceptible to heat stress and often sho