During heat stress periods. Supplemental organic chromium has often reduced blood concentrations of the stress hormone, cortisol, in beef cattle. Moreover,supplemental organic chromium has decreased body temperature by 0.5oC with newly
arrived calves (Moonsie-Shageer and Mowat, 1993) when temperature of both sick and healthy calves normally rises for a week or so, possibly explaining the slightly increased dry matter intake.