heat and cattle...

BCnT · Jul 23, 2011

i'm having a hard time understanding how so many cattle died from the heat up north...dont yall have any stock ponds or shade? my cattle spend half the day up to their shoulders in the pond and the other half eating under the trees...i cant recall hearing of anybody in these parts losing cattle from heat unless the animal was old or sick...somebody said it was 113* here in Sheridan,Tx today...i know it was 106 in the shade on my front porch...hate to even think about august or september...thats when it really warms up chere.

rrlund · Jul 23, 2011

To tell the truth,no. Not so much as y'all do down there. A good share of the folks up here were in the dairy business and treat beef cattle like they did dairy cattle. I would have made that mistake myself if I hadn't spent so much time down there in the summer.
I think too though,that a fair whack of the ones that have died have been feedlot cattle on concrete being finished out.
Add to that that the cattles hyper-thalamus are adjusted more to cooler weather up here and they don't adjust as quick.

JD2ACWD · Jul 23, 2011

well then bring your cattle up to the north country when its 30 below zero in january and see what happens,they are not use to that much heat and humidity,we had 90 degree temps and dew points in the low 80s.in NW Wisconsin

DBAF · Jul 23, 2011

I think most are feedlot cattle high protein and high heat don't mix well. Also the heat index might be higher up north right now with the humidity.

BCnT · Jul 23, 2011

ok,i hadnt thot about concrete feedlots...as far as daries,my godfather owned one of the biggest dairies on Galveston Island...only concrete was in the parlor and driveway up to the tankroom...milked twice a day...rest of the time they were either in the lake or the pastures...talk about hot...try 95* and 100% humidity.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 24, 2011

I have noticed my cattle ,on a hot day, stand in the dam with the water lapping the stomach, You will note the large vein that runs across there.

JDseller · Jul 24, 2011

The cattle that died up here where mostly feed cattle in feed lots. With land bringing $8000-10000 per acre you can"t afford to pasture good land. Most of the cattle up here are feed in confinement lots. Also you have a pretty dry climate. We have much more rain and snow in the winter. If the cattle are not on concrete then they are up to their bellies in mud. Many of the lost cattle where under shade in sheds. I just was too hot/humid/windless.

Where the rougher ground can"t be farmed there are brood cattle. Not many of them suffered from the high heat. The biggest problem Tuesday was not the heat or the humidity. The wind died down all day. The local weather station showed the high wind speed for the day was 8.5 mph average for the day was 3.5 mph.

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