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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 954305" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>Good to see someone at least considering British Whites. Too bad for the salebarn dock - don't know if there are other ways to market them. There are also other things to consider. British Whites could be the future, but when?</p><p></p><p>I keep wondering when the industry is going to wake up to the laws of physics and understand that the color of hair matters. The lighter the better to reflect solar radiation and keep them cooler. It might take more heat stress train wrecks in feedlots to change attitudes. Too bad someone can't start marketing white hair to be as wonderful as black, because there would be less heat stress and more profit. Sad that thousands of producers just have to follow a few people who decide what color to market.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=11616" target="_blank">http://nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=11616</a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=beefreports_1996" target="_blank">http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewconte ... ports_1996</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cattle are big heat producers because of their rumen. They once put the cow under the house to provide heat. They need every advantage to avoid heat stress, which reduces feed intake and reproductive performance. Feed is also wasted, as it takes energy to dissipate heat through increased respiration, etc.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007/June/CT1033.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007 ... 1033.shtml</a></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="djinwa, post: 954305, member: 8265"] Good to see someone at least considering British Whites. Too bad for the salebarn dock - don't know if there are other ways to market them. There are also other things to consider. British Whites could be the future, but when? I keep wondering when the industry is going to wake up to the laws of physics and understand that the color of hair matters. The lighter the better to reflect solar radiation and keep them cooler. It might take more heat stress train wrecks in feedlots to change attitudes. Too bad someone can't start marketing white hair to be as wonderful as black, because there would be less heat stress and more profit. Sad that thousands of producers just have to follow a few people who decide what color to market. [url=http://nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=11616]http://nimss.umd.edu/homepages/home.cfm?trackID=11616[/url] [url=http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=beefreports_1996]http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewconte ... ports_1996[/url] Cattle are big heat producers because of their rumen. They once put the cow under the house to provide heat. They need every advantage to avoid heat stress, which reduces feed intake and reproductive performance. Feed is also wasted, as it takes energy to dissipate heat through increased respiration, etc. [url=http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007/June/CT1033.shtml]http://www.cattletoday.com/archive/2007 ... 1033.shtml[/url] [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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