Effects of Temperature on Performance
Thursday, July 24, 2014: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM
3501D (Kansas City Convention Center)
Moderator:
Dean E. Hawkins
8:30 AM
Urine metabolomics of heat-stressed dairy goats supplemented with soybean oil
Ahmed Salama, Group of Ruminant Research (G2R), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra;
Nazri Nayan, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM;
Alexandra Contreras-Jodar, Group of Ruminant Research (G2R), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra;
Soufiane Hamzaoui, Group of Ruminant Research (G2R), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra;
Gerardo Caja, Group of Ruminant Research (G2R), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra
10:30 AM
Conductive cooling as an alternative to cool down dairy cows
Xavier A Ortiz, University of Arizona;
John F Smith, University of Arizona;
Fernando Rojano, University of Arizona;
Chris Y Choi, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Jim Bruer, Conco Technology Inc.;
Tim Steele, Conco Technology Inc.;
Norm Schuring, GEA Farm Technologies;
Jamison D Allen, Northwest Missouri State;
Robert J Collier, The University of Arizona
11:00 AM
Effect of two winter housing systems on production, body weight, somatic cell count, BCS, and dry matter intake of organic dairy cows
Lucas S Sjostrom, University of Minnesota, West Central Research and Outreach Center;
Bradley J Heins, University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center;
Marcia I. Endres, University of Minnesota;
Roger D Moon, University of Minnesota;
Ulrike S Sorge, University of Minnesota, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine