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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1032114" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Attended a continuing education meeting yesterday; one of the topics was heat stress and heat abatement for dairy cattle. Best scenario is intermittent misting (like at 5-10 minute intervals) and continuous airflow. Thermal Heat Index at which cattle start experiencing mild heat stress is suprisingly low - depending upon humidity levels, can be as low as 68 degrees; temps above 85 - you get into some serious heat stress pretty quickly.</p><p>Didn't specifically address hauling beef cattle, but if I were in your shoes, I'd sure soak him down - it will not act as 'insulation', and won't make him sick - but he'll probably dry off pretty quickly in an open stock trailer going down the road at highway speeds. Would be good if you could stop periodically and either hose him down again or spray him with a pump-up sprayer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1032114, member: 12607"] Attended a continuing education meeting yesterday; one of the topics was heat stress and heat abatement for dairy cattle. Best scenario is intermittent misting (like at 5-10 minute intervals) and continuous airflow. Thermal Heat Index at which cattle start experiencing mild heat stress is suprisingly low - depending upon humidity levels, can be as low as 68 degrees; temps above 85 - you get into some serious heat stress pretty quickly. Didn't specifically address hauling beef cattle, but if I were in your shoes, I'd sure soak him down - it will not act as 'insulation', and won't make him sick - but he'll probably dry off pretty quickly in an open stock trailer going down the road at highway speeds. Would be good if you could stop periodically and either hose him down again or spray him with a pump-up sprayer. [/QUOTE]
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