i.c.e.™ - an innovative specialty to
assist cows in heat stress conditions
High heat and humidity limit
the ability of the cow to keep
cool. This is especially true
for high-yielding cows,
which generate a lot of heat
through their own digestion
and metabolism. Heat stress
can depress dry matter intake,
reduce milk yield, increase
reproductive problems and
increase susceptibility to
disease. Heat stress represents
a major threat to the
profitability and sustainability
of dairy farming in many
parts of the world. For
example, heat stress has been
estimated to cost the US dairy
industry between $0.9B and
$1.5B annually (St.Pierre et al.,
2003).