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Cattle can suffer more than humans in a heatwave, Australian vet warns

01/12/2016
A vet in Queensland has warned that the effects of early-summer heatwave conditions there could cause more suffering to livestock than to people. Alan Guilfoyle told Australian broadcaster ABC that farmers have to make sure cattle have access to plentiful supplies of water in hot conditions and to shelter from the sun, if possible.

He explained that it can be very hard to treat animals if they begin to suffer the effects of heat stroke because it’s harder to bring the core body temperature down to normal for an animal than it is for a human being.

Dr Guilfoyle said the conditions can be particularly difficult for calves, explaining: “They’re coming off mum, where they can have fluid on demand, and then suddenly they’re drafted into the branding pen where they might be deprived of fluid for maybe three, six, sometimes ten hours; they have to have access to fluid.”



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