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<blockquote data-quote="u4411clb" data-source="post: 958602" data-attributes="member: 17248"><p>You gotta remember cattle run at allot higher temperature than people so if it is 74 degrees with humidity and no shade you are bumping up against the 80 degrees mark which is the feels like temperature that is combining temp and humidity. Quoting this from Iowa State web site:</p><p></p><p><em>At temperatures above 80 degrees Fahrenheit cattle endure physiologic stress trying to deal with their heat load. Although cattle at this temperature are not at risk of dying they will have an increased maintenance requirement to cope with the heat.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/extension/beef/current-events/heat-stress-beef-cattle" target="_blank">http://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/extensi ... eef-cattle</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="u4411clb, post: 958602, member: 17248"] You gotta remember cattle run at allot higher temperature than people so if it is 74 degrees with humidity and no shade you are bumping up against the 80 degrees mark which is the feels like temperature that is combining temp and humidity. Quoting this from Iowa State web site: [i]At temperatures above 80 degrees Fahrenheit cattle endure physiologic stress trying to deal with their heat load. Although cattle at this temperature are not at risk of dying they will have an increased maintenance requirement to cope with the heat.[/i] [url=http://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/extension/beef/current-events/heat-stress-beef-cattle]http://vetmed.iastate.edu/vdpam/extensi ... eef-cattle[/url] [/QUOTE]
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