Cow cooling on commercial drylot dairies: A description of 10 farms in California

Cow cooling on commercial drylot dairies: A description of 10 farms in California

California summers are hot, compromising the welfare and productivity of dairy cows. To minimize negative effects, producers use shade, fans and sprayed water. However, little is known about how those heat abatement strategies are provided in commercial conditions, nor their effectiveness. Ten dairi...

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Main Authors:	Grazyne Tresoldi, Karin E. Schütz, Cassandra Tucker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2017-11-01
Series:	California Agriculture
Subjects:	agroecology climate change crops Mediterranean climate sustainable agriculture
Online Access:	http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.2017a0042

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