You Can’t Turn Off Dairy Cow Stress
Stress is an inevitable part of life for dairy herds. Unfortunately, managing stress isn’t as straightforward as flipping a switch.
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Manage Their Many Stressors
Cows can experience more than 30 different stress factors. However, the industry often focuses on only a small handful, and even then we tend to address them individually. Learn more about these stressors and how they interact, and relieve some of the stress of keeping your cows healthy and productive.
ARTICLES AND BLOG POSTS
Insights From the Jefo Nutrition Team
See What Stress Is Capable Of, Learn Ways to Manage It.
Know the 5 major areas of cow stress and find solutions for reducing the damage stress causes. Did you know cows face more than 30 stressors?
What’s the Relationship Between Stressors and Sustainability?
Read about the relationship between cow stressors and sustainability and how reducing stressors can lead to a more sustainable dairy farm.
Cow Stress, Your Reality at The Farm Level
Read about the relationship between cow stressors and sustainability and how reducing stressors can lead to a more sustainable dairy farm.
JEFO NUTRITION RUMINATION PODCAST
Podcasts with key influencers
Transition Cow Health and Management - Diseases and Impacts
SEASON 5 EPISODE 5
Dr. Jess McArt DVM, PhD, DABVP shares insights on setting up dry cows to be successful in early lactation and the concept of health issues interacting and compounding – similar to the way we can see stressors affect cows.
Why Many in Rural Farm Communities Don’t Seek Mental Health Care
SEASON 4 EPISODE 6
Stigma surrounding mental health prevents many from getting help, says Monica McConkey. A specialist in mental health counseling for farmers, she shares solutions.
Insights and Resources for Mental Health Care in Rural Canada
SEASON 4 EPISODE 5
Mental health care is an issue across agriculture. Deborah Vanberkel shares insights and resources related to mental health for rural communities. An active partner on her family’s dairy farm, Vanberkel works with farmers and others in rural areas.
The Relationship Between Stress and Gut Health
SEASON 3 EPISODE 11
Stress in ruminants leads to gut issues, which can cause a host of negative problems, explains Dr. Lance Baumgard, as he emphasizes the absolute need to reduce stress.
Tips for Using Precision Technology to Identify Cow Stressors
SEASON 3 EPISODE 5
Stress affects production whether it comes from lameness, overcrowding or feed delivery. Dr. Meagan King talks about using precision technology as part of the solution.
Understand the Way Stressors Affect How Cows Function
SEASON 3 EPISODE 4
Cows may face many stressors regardless of environmental conditions. Our challenge is identifying the biggest ones and how they might amplify, explains Dr. Trevor DeVries.
How Stress and Strain Affect Getting Cows Pregnant
SEASON 3 EPISODE 6
Matt Lucy, PhD, University of Missouri professor, explains stress as a factor in getting cows pregnant. He looks at uterine function, uterine condition ahead of pregnancy and the role stress plays, as well as the difference between dairy cow stress and strain.
INDUSTRY PAPERS AND EXCLUSIVE STUDIES
Cow Stress Research
A 100-Year Review: Stress Physiology Including Heat Stress
Heat can affect all cows, which makes it the largest single stressor.