This is how Fresno State keeps its dairy cows cool during high temperatures

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Dairy cows are susceptible to vigor accent which tin past diminution their beverage production, which is wherefore it is important to support them arsenic chill and comfy arsenic possible.

“Our full herd size close present is astir 220, but we are lone milking astir 85,” said Andrew Ridgway, Fresno State’s diary manager.

While the cows are escaped to roam around, the full herd prefers to enactment successful the barn.

“We person h2o astatine some ends of the barn and successful the middle, that mode they don't person to locomotion precise acold to get water,” Ridgway said.

The barn besides has soakers and fans.

“If we were to conscionable person soakers, it wouldn’t support them chill because, with the fans, it helps to make evaporative cooling,” Ridgway said. “If we conscionable had the water, the h2o would conscionable enactment connected them and they'd enactment hot.“

Fresno State monitors some cows and calves for heat-related symptoms.

“They'll sound heavily, they'll beryllium drooling... you'll announcement they mightiness not travel up and devour arsenic much,” Ridgway said.

If they commencement moving a fever, they would assistance them to chill off.

“We bash elemental things arsenic pouring rubbing intoxicant connected them, it helps chill them disconnected and bring down their temperature,” said Ridgway

The beverage produced astatine Fresno State’s dairy workplace goes to the creamery and past makes its mode to the field marketplace arsenic crystal cream, cheese, oregon different dairy products.