Hot and dry conditions, low water and drought: livestock

For information on mitigating and managing heat stress in livestock, visit the OMAFA pages:

• Livestock access to watercourses
• Water requirements of livestock
• Managing heat stress in dairy cows
• Managing heat stress in fed cattle
• How to avoid production losses in swine due to heat stress
• Potential feeding challenges from dry weather conditions
• Coping with hay shortages in beef cow rations
• Alternative forages and sample beef cow rations
• Feeding corn silage to sheep
• Fenceline feeding
• Using moisture-stressed corn as livestock feed

Related

• Animal Health Canada Emergency Management: Structure Fire and Wildfire
• Beef Cattle Research Council: Drought Management
• Beef Cattle Research Council: Body Condition Scoring
• Beef Farmers of Ontario: How to Prepare for Wildfires and Livestock Evacuations
• Farm and Food Care Ontario: Livestock Emergency
• Ontario Federation of Agriculture: Emergency Preparedness for Farm Animals
• Ontario Animal Health Network: Wildfires and Emergency Management
• Ontario Sheep Farmers: Emergency Management