I.C.E.™ echnology is a combination of key nutritional ingredients including an osmolite that helps animals stay
hydrated. I.C.E.™ works at the cellular level to maintain the structural integrity of proteins sensitive to changes in
body temperature. As a result elevation of body temperature in ruminants during heat stress is moderated.
One of the first demonstrations of the power of I.C.E.™ involved beef cows grazing at The University of Missouri in
the summer of 2008 (Figure 2). All cows showed the expected increase in core body temperature as THI increased
– however, this effect was significantly moderated in cows fed I.C.E.™
More recent work by Provimi in Brazil has reproduced the same temperaturemoderating
effect of I.C.E.™ – but this time in lactating dairy cows (Figure 3).
On average, core body temperature (measured over 24h on multiple occasions
over 12 weeks) was reduced from 38.87 to 38.64 °C in cows fed I.C.E.™ (P