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12th July 2022
Temperature and humidity both play a role in thermal stress. Using the Temperature Humidity Index (THI) enables you to determine the level of summer stress on dairy cows. The Thermo Neutral Zone for dairy cows is 5-20°C, stress symptoms begin at a THI of 68; temperature of 24° and a relative humidity of 20 per cent. With the UK average humidity over 70 per cent, the heat stress threshold is reached at temperatures as low as 22°C.
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29th June 2022
Why is poor hindgut health a problem?
Leaky gut is the inability of the gut barrier to prevent unwanted toxins and pathogens from leaking into the bloodstream. In dairy cattle, leaky gut can occur due to numerous stress situations: Transition Period, Feed Restrictions, Psychological stress, High Starch Diets, Inflammation elsewhere in the animal (Injury, Disease etc).
This is the summer to get the basics right!
16th June 2022
Making quality silage is always a key component to quality nutrition and managing overall feed costs. Rarely, however, has it been more important to ensure forage qualities and quantities are sufficient to ensure additional costs are mitigated as much as possible this year.
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