1. Establishing a Network to Reduce Heat Stress in Livestock Brad Scharf Division of Animal Sciences University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri

2. ANNUAL INDUSTRY LOSSES DUE TO HEAT STRESS IN THE US $897,000,000Dairy $369,000,000 Beef $299,000,000 Swine THE PROBLEM

3. Incidence of thermal extremes also rising

9. Develop a network of information exchange using state-of-art technology to reduce the impact of heat stress THE IDEA

10. PRODUCER RESEARCHERS SMARTPHONE APP ENVIRONMENT ANIMAL

11. THERMALAID STUDENTS RESEARCH & EDUCATION PRODUCERS APP DEVELOPMENT Device Attachments THERMALNET

12. THE APP www.thermalnet.missouri.edu/thermalaid

13. Website www.thermalnet.missouri.edu General information General information Tips Tips Ask the expert Ask the expert

14. 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

15. Panting Score

16. Current Transmitters

17. Development

21. Beef Dairy Cattle THI Categories

24. Cattle Respiration Rate Categories Beef Dairy THI Formula = Air Temp-(0.55-0.55*Relative humidity/100)*(Air Temp – 58.8)