Move stock, especially the young, into sheltered areas. Windbreaks,\nproperly oriented and laid out, or timber covered lowlands might offer better\nprotection for range livestock than most shed-type shelters, which may\novercrowd and overheat livestock, causing subsequent respiratory disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Never close livestock shelters tightly, since stock could\nsuffer later from pneumonia or other related diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adequate shelter is also important to animals because their extremities are subject to frostbite and freezing. The loss of ears or tails could be of little economic significance, but severe cold and lack of shelter will frequently cause the loss of limbs as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Provide Extra Feed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During severe or prolonged cold weather, animals need extra\nfeed to provide body heat and to maintain production weight gains. Studies\nindicate that supplemental feed energy, in the form of a high-quality hay or\ngrain, is needed when the wind chill factor becomes low. As an example, if temperature\nis 0\u00b0F and there is a 20-mile-per-hour wind, the wind chill factor becomes – 22\u00b0F.\nThis means the cows should be fed about 65% more energy than if the temperature\nwas 32\u00b0F with little or no wind. Digestibility also decreases about 1% per 10\u00b0F\nfall in temperature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are several other factors that determine the need for\nadditional feed including hair coat type and humidity. Windbreaks, either\nnatural or constructed will naturally reduce the energy wasted in extreme low\ntemperatures and\/or high winds, but it will not circumvent the need for some\nincreased energy consumption by the cow during these periods. A forage ration that\nmaintains an animal during the summer may not carry it through the stress of\nprolonged or severe cold. Haul extra forage and grain to feeding areas before\nthe storm arrives. If the storm lasts over 48 hours, emergency feeding methods\nmay be required. Pelleted commercial protein concentrates make good emergency\nfeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unless you have a source of emergency power, mechanized feeders may be inoperable during power failures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Provide water<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Use heaters in water tanks to provide livestock with enough\nwater. Maintain a source of thawed water\nat all times if possible. For most livestock,\nwater temperatures of 40o<\/sup> \u2013 65o <\/sup>are preferred. Unfrozen, but very cold, water may not be\nconsumed by animals. Autopsies of livestock\nkilled during winter storms show that the cause of death is usually\ndehydration, not cold or suffocation. Most livestock cannot lick enough snow to\nsatisfy their water requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE: This article may be downloaded and distributed as a PREPnote<\/a>, found in Educator\/Trainer Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Large numbers of livestock may be killed in winter storms. Wind coupled with severe or prolonged cold weather causes additional stress on livestock, increasing their need for food, water, and shelter. Pre-planning for winter storms by addressing these issues can help protect your livestock during severe winter weather. Provide Shelter Move stock, especially the young,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3824,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2499\/revisions\/3824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/engineering\/ABE\/INPREPared\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/WINDCHILL-CHART.jpg\")
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