What are the economic consequences of heat stress and how much does it cost to prevent it?
What are the economic consequences of heat stress and how much does it cost to prevent it?
Samenvatting
Animal welfare has a high importance this day and age. In 1998 the 'Five freedoms' of Brambell have been put in the European law. Thermal comfort for dairy cows is in these five freedoms and so thermal discomfort must be avoided. Heat stress affects animal welfare, milkproduction, udder-health and reproduction and has economic consequences for the dairy farmers. For that reason, heat stress must be prevented. That is why the main question of thisstudy is: What are the economic consequences of heat stress and how much does it cost to prevent it?
| Organisatie | Aeres Hogeschool |
| Afdeling | Dier- en Veehouderij |
| Partner | Aeres Hogeschool Dronten |
| Artex Barn Solutions | |
| Datum | 2018-08-23 |
| Type | Bachelor |
| Taal | Engels |
