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Assessing Heat Stress in Cattle Based on Analysis of Meteorological Factors

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The objective of the survey is to assess the regional variation in climate change and the associated level of animals' susceptibility to heat-stress. The air temperature and humidity datasets measured for 1996–2015 at meteorological station nos. 27 595, 28 506, and 28 704 in the Republic of Tatarstan are used. The temperature-humidity index (THI) is estimated according to J. West (1994). The levels of heat stress are classified according to LPHSI (1990). The results show a relative uniformity of air temperature distribution in spring and autumn seasons (5.30 ± 0.21°C and 5.36 ± 0.18°C, respectively). The average 1996 winter temperature tended to be 0.41°C higher than that in winter 2010. Winter 2015 appeared warmest; the average temperature comprised –7.13°C. The average 1996 summer temperature comprised 18.48°C, which was 0.32°C lower than the long-term average. The average summer temperature for 2015 was 0.50°C lower than the long-term average. It was ascertained based on the calculated THI values that the cattle were free from heat stress in 64.02% of cases in the summer season, while the other animals were susceptible to heat stress at different levels in 35.98% of cases. In addition, some specimens were most susceptible to heat stress (24.62%). It is indicated that the temperature factor has a greater influence on the THI values (r = 0.995 (p < 0.01) and R2 = 0.9899).

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The survey was carried out within state task AAAA-A18-118031390148-1 at the Tatar Research Institute of Agriculture, Federal Research Center, Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, and Federal Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Krupin, E.O. Assessing Heat Stress in Cattle Based on Analysis of Meteorological Factors. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 46, 390–394 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367420040102

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