Evaluation of heat stress effects on production traits and somatic cell score of Holsteins in a temperate environment

Hammami, Hedi; Bormann, Jeanne; M’Hamdi, Naceur; H. Montaldo, Hugo; Gengler, Nicolas

doi:10.3168/jds.2012-5947

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Evaluation of heat stress effects on production traits and somatic cell score of Holsteins in a temperate environment

Published in Journal of Dairy Science • Jan 9, 2013

Authors:

Hedi Hammami

Jeanne Bormann

Naceur M’Hamdi

Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate the degree of thermal stress exhibited by Holsteins under a continental temperate climate. Milk, fat, protein, and somatic cell count test-day records collected between 2000 and 2011 from 23,963 cows in 604 herds were combined with meteorological data from 14 public ...

Subject

Animal science

Temperate climate

Somatic cell count

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