PREDICTING HEAT STRESS – HOW DO WE DO THIS AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Heat stress in dairy cows isn’t just about temperature – it’s a combination of temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and wind. Even mild heat stress can impact a cow’s milk production, feed intake, and overall health, leading to financial losses. New Zealand research shows heat stress costs around 6kg MS per cow in the Waikato, equating […]
HEAT STRESS PREVENTION
TOUCHY COWS, SUMMER PRODUCTION DROPPING OFF?
Typically during the summer months when temperatures and humidity levels are high, dairy cows face health challenges. Rye grass staggers occur from late November until the end of April, but tend to be worst from late January to early February, when we experience hot, dry spells followed by rain. Heat stress also becomes an issue where the cow’s ability to lose heat by sweating and breathing declines owing to the high relative humidity levels. Natural grass toxins which form when plants come under environmental stress, can also affect the animals grazing them.
Are your cows becoming hot and bothered this summer? Settle them down with Ascocool seaweed extract, a fully water soluble seaweed extract that helps to calm cows in the heat of summer.
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WHY USE SEAWEED EXTRACT?
Agvance’ concentrated Seaweed Extract – called Ascocool can assist in alleviating these summer time health issues. It originates from the North Atlantic brown seaweed called Ascophyllum Nodosum where research trials have shown that this particular seaweed helps in the following ways:
1) Binds naturally occurring toxins & moulds that build up in grasses & stored feed under hot, dry humid conditions, causing heat stress and problems in central nervous system
2) Increases immunity
3) Potential to act as a powerful prebiotic owing to poly & mono-saccharides being present that allow for more efficient breakdown of feed
4) Contains a wide range of amino acids
Check out our Ascocool brochure here