Instant Insights: Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle

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Dr Thuy T. T. Nguyen (Agriculture Victoria, Australia) Prof. Jennie E. Pryce (La Trobe University)

Instant Insights

Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle

Dr Thuy T. T. Nguyen (Agriculture Victoria, Australia), Prof. Jennie E. Pryce (La Trobe University), Yvette de Haas (Wageningen UR) , Dr John Moran (Profitable Dairy Systems – Victoria)

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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
08 December 2020

Sustainable agriculture; Dairy farming

Series: Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on heat stress in dairy cattle.

The first chapter outlines technologies to breed for more heat tolerant dairy cattle, exploiting either between or within breed genetic variation in the trait. It discusses future perspectives on the use of different tools to achieve accelerated improvements of this important trait.

The second chapter discusses breeding goals and multi-trait selection to balance production and non-production traits. It considers newer breeding objectives such as ensuring that cattle can adapt to a changing climate, including breeding for heat tolerance.

The third chapter reviews challenges facing smallholder dairy farmers in Asia. These include the impact of high temperatures and humidity on milk yield, reproductive efficiency and animal health. The chapter places these challenges in the context of the broader economic constraints faced by smallholders and how they can be overcome.

The final chapter highlights constraints in improving smallholder dairy production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Issues include developing breeds balancing yield with resilience to local climatic conditions. The chapter reviews ways of Improving breeding and productivity, as well as broader organisational support

By: Dr Thuy T. T. Nguyen (Agriculture Victoria Australia), Prof. Jennie E. Pryce (La Trobe University), Yvette de Haas (Wageningen UR), Dr John Moran (Profitable Dairy Systems – Victoria), Dr J. M. K. Ojango (International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI))
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 08
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9781786769336
ISBN 10: 1786769336
Series: Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
Pages: 92
Publication Date: 08 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Jennie Pryce is Principal Research Scientist at Agriculture Victoria Research part of the State Government of Victoria, Australia where she lead the Animal’s Programme of DairyBio. Dr Pryce is also Professor at La Trobe University, Australia. Yvette de Haas is employed as Programme Manager at Wageningen Livestock Research, the Netherlands. Her expertise is in precision phenotyping for the purpose of animal breeding.