Animal welfare can be negatively affected when dairy cattle experience heat stress.
Managing heat stress has become more of a challenge than ever before, due to the …

Simple Summary It is well known that the thermal environment has an integral role in
maintaining the health and productivity of cattle. Although cold stress has been identified to …

Environmentally induced periods of heat stress decrease productivity with devastating
economic consequences to global animal agriculture. Heat stress can be defined as a …

Our objective was to provide a review of factors influencing heat stress in lactating dairy
cows and how it affects milk production. In warmer parts of the world, during summer months …

The objectives of this retrospective study were to (1) investigate the effects of heat stress
(HS) climatic conditions and breed on milk and component yield for Holstein and Jersey …

Simple Summary Livestock performance is influenced by different elements due to the
complex interactions between the individual animals and environmental conditions such as …

Abstract Milk samples from 1,908 Holstein Friesian cows were phenotyped for genetic
variants of α s1-casein, β-casein, κ-casein, and β-lactoglobulin. The relationships between …

Records of yield and reproduction from 4293 Holstein and 2143 Jersey first lactation cows
from eight Holstein and six Jersey herds were utilized to evaluate genetic parameters for …

First lactation milk, fat, protein, and lactose yields and percentage yields were analyzed
using a multiple-trait sire model including herd-year-season, sire group, and age of cow as …

Composite monthly single-day milk samples from the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station
dairy herd 1959 to 1974 were analyzed for composition. Data were 22, 972 observations on …