Meta-Analysis for Heat Tolerance Traits in Holstein in France, the Netherlands and Spain

International audience ; In the context of climate change, livestock production systems face the challenge of ensuring that, although more and more exposed to heat-stress conditions, animals will be able to remain healthy while maintaining satisfactory production, responding to consumer's demand. As part of the European project RUMIGEN, France (INRAE, Idele), Spain (INIA, IRIAF), and the Netherlands (WUR) studied the response of different dairy traits to heat-stress conditions for Holstein cattle breed. Production (milk, fat and protein yields) and udder health (somatic cell score) traits were... Mehr ...