
Heat Stress and Colostrum Quality: Beating the Heat Starts Before Calving
Summer heat doesn’t just make cows uncomfortable, reducing feed intake and subsequent production, it sets off a chain of biological events that affects colostrum quality, passive immune transfer, calf birth weight, and preweaning health outcomes that can persist well into first lactation. For dairy producers and veterinarians, understanding the full scope of heat stress and knowing when and where to intervene is one of the most impactful management decisions of the year when it comes to maintaining production and calf health.
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