Establishing a Network to Reduce Heat Stress in Livestock Brad Scharf Division of Animal Sciences University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri
ANNUAL INDUSTRY LOSSES DUE TO HEAT STRESS IN THE US $897,000,000Dairy $369,000,000 Beef $299,000,000 Swine THE PROBLEM
Incidence of thermal extremes also rising
Develop a network of information exchange using state-of-art technology to reduce the impact of heat stress THE IDEA
PRODUCER RESEARCHERS SMARTPHONE APP ENVIRONMENT ANIMAL
THERMALAID STUDENTS RESEARCH & EDUCATION PRODUCERS APP DEVELOPMENT Device Attachments THERMALNET
THE APP
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INTEGRATIVE, NOVEL NETWORKS TO TACKLE COMPLEX PROBLEMS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Additional Livestock > Pets > Humans + Research Tool Attachments to Automate the App On Farm weather data transmitter Body temperature transmitter
Panting Score
Current Transmitters
Development
Beef Dairy Cattle THI Categories
Cattle Respiration Rate Categories Beef Dairy THI Formula = Air Temp-( *Relative humidity/100)*(Air Temp – 58.8)