Instant Insights: Heat stress in dairy cattle

Chapter 1 - Advances in dairy cattle breeding to improve heat tolerance: Thuy T. T. Nguyen, Agriculture Victoria, Australia; 1 Introduction 2 Utilisation of tropically adapted breeds for cross-breeding 3 Selection for heat-tolerant dairy cattle 4 Future perspectives on breeding for heat tolerance 5 Conclusion 6 Acknowledgements 7 Where to look for further information 8 References
Chapter 2 - Genetic selection for dairy cow welfare and resilience to climate change: Jennie E. Pryce, Agriculture Victoria and La Trobe University, Australia; and Yvette de Haas, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands; 1 Introduction 2 Selection indices 3 Selection for milk production, energy balance and fertility 4 New breeding objectives: health traits 5 New breeding objectives: dairy cows and climate change 6 Genomic selection, inbreeding and gene editing 7 Summary 8 Where to look for further information 9 Acknowledgements 10 References
Chapter 3 - Improving smallholder dairy farming in tropical Asia: John Moran, Profitable Dairy Systems, Australia;
1 Introduction
2 Dairy farming in Asia
3 Supporting smallholder dairy farmers
4 Key constraints facing smallholder dairy farmers in tropical Asia
5 Benchmarking performance
6 Case study: cow colonies
7 Summary and future trends
8 Where to look for further information
9 References and further reading

Chapter 4 - Improving smallholder dairy farming in Africa: J. M. K. Ojango, R. Mrode, A. M. Okeyo, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya; J. E. O. Rege, Emerge-Africa, Kenya; M. G. G. Chagunda, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), UK; and D. R. Kugonza, Makerere University, Uganda; 1 Introduction 2 Sub-Saharan Africa 3 Management practices in smallholder dairy systems 4 Improving dairy production via breeding under smallholder systems 5 Improving productivity in smallholder dairy systems 6 Key organizations supporting smallholders 7 Future trends 8 Where to look for further information 9 Acknowledgements 10 References