Cows that experience heat stress are more likely to have health problems and produce less milk. Nedap Heat Stress, a new feature within CowControl, detects heat stress and shows the degree and duration of the heat stress experienced by the cows at pen level. This enables dairy farmers to take immediate measures to optimize pen conditions.
The Nedap CowControl monitoring system detects four levels of heat stress: no heat stress, mild heat stress, severe heat stress and very severe heat stress, based on a widely used, scientific method. The heat stress calculation is updated in real time every 15 minutes.
