Heat Stress

Heat Stress Management in Broilers

Gary D. Butcher and Richard Miles

Economic Feasibility of Cooling Dry Cows: Findings and Spreadsheet

Fernanda Ferreira, Geoffrey Dahl, and Albert De Vries

Methods to Relieve Heat Stress for Florida Dairies

I. M. Toledo, G. E. Dahl, R. A. Bucklin, and D. K. Beede

Recognizing Heat Stress in Dairy Cows

Izabelle Toledo and Geoffrey Dahl

Saddle and Tack Care in Hot and Humid Environments

Joel McQuagge, Todd Thrift, and Ed Johnson

Knowing and Preventing Heat Stress Under Agricultural Environment

Qingchun Liu

According to the weather forecast, there were 21 days with the highest temperature above 90 F in Miami-Dade County in May.  It will get even warmer when the summer season comes. Though the shipping season of ornamental crops is closing to its end, many workers are still working outside in the nurseries during the hot […]

Brazilian Beef Cattle Industry and it’s Heat Stress Challenges and Opportunities

Andrea Dunlap

Parts of Brazil experience similar hot weather conditions to Florida’s and thus ranchers there face similar problems with effects of heat stress on cattle.  Dr. Cassio Cassal Brauner, an animal science professor in Brazil, currently spending a year in Ona working with Dr. Philipe Moriel as an exchange visitor, research scholar, was our guest presenter […]

New research looks to pollen for plant heat stress resilience

Kirsten Romaguera Rabin

A new NIFA-funded project will examine pollen formation and viability in corn when heat stress is introduced during the different developmental stages. The research aims to identify genetic resiliency markers that may inform future corn-breeding efforts. People aren’t the only ones stressed by heat waves. For many plants, higher-than-anticipated temperatures can lead to water loss, […]