Dan Wegmueller is the owner and operator of Wegmueller Dairy Farm in Monroe, Wisconsin. Through four generations, the dairy operations at Wegmueller farm have largely gone unchanged, but the dairy industry has changed around them. Now Wegmueller hosts visitors on the farm using an agritouris…
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis’ office has a theme: cows. Pictures of them hang on the her office wall and numerous figurines graze on her desk. Laporta Sanchis’ work revolves around keeping dairy cattle healthy and preventing heat stress from having a negative impact on their reproductive systems and milk production.
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UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis studies the molecular biology of dairy cattle to see how stress from temperatures higher than 70 degrees can have a negative impact on them and their ability to produce milk. Tissue and blood samples inform her of whether cows are heat stressed and they could produce up to 30% less milk as a result.
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis sifts through tissue samples from dairy cattle that are then viewed under a microscope to observe how well their reproductive systems are growing. The samples are taken from calves and cows on UW-Madison’s campus, as well as on farms in Arlington and Marshfield.
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis looks at multiple solutions dairy farmers use to keep cows cool, such as giving them ample shade in barns, access to fans, nutrition regimens and sometimes a shower to keep them from experiencing heat stress.
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis’ office has a theme: cows. Pictures of them hang on the her office wall and numerous figurines graze on her desk. Laporta Sanchis’ work revolves around keeping dairy cattle healthy and preventing heat stress from having a negative impact on their reproductive systems and milk production.
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis sifts through tissue samples from dairy cattle that are then viewed under a microscope to observe how well their reproductive systems are growing. The samples are taken from calves and cows on UW-Madison’s campus, as well as on farms in Arlington and Marshfield.
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis studies the molecular biology of dairy cattle to see how stress from temperatures higher than 70 degrees can have a negative impact on them and their ability to produce milk. Tissue and blood samples inform her of whether cows are heat stressed and they could produce up to 30% less milk as a result.
UW-Madison professor Jimena Laporta Sanchis looks at multiple solutions dairy farmers use to keep cows cool, such as giving them ample shade in barns, access to fans, nutrition regimens and sometimes a shower to keep them from experiencing heat stress.
