Turn down your stress levels
Many articles have been published about stress in dairy cattle. Heat, cold, mud, suboptimal nutrition, parasites, infectious diseases and poor management are a few well-known stressors in dairy cattle which lead to adverse metabolic changes. Cattle are also susceptible to a variety of psychological stress factors - rough handling can cause them to become apprehensive of people and poor housing conditions or any of the other stressors can lead to illnesses, with a detrimental effect on productivity.