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UF researcher receives $640,000 grant to reduce heat stress in cattle

Every year across the country, heat causes $300 million in damage to cattle, ample reason for University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers to try to cool the animals and increase their beef production.

The newest scientific effort will be led by Philipe Moriel, a UF/IFAS associate professor of beef cattle management. Moriel has received a five-year, $640,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to continue a UF/IFAS-wide effort to help prevent cattle from getting…

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