Link between climate change and cattle nutritional stress examined

Comparing grasslands and pastureland in different regions in the U.S., the study, published in Global Change Biology, discusses data from more than 21,000 different fecal samples collected during a 14-year period and analyzed at the Texas A&M University Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab for nutritional content.
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The pattern of forage quality observed across regions suggests that a warmer climate would limit protein availability to grazing animals, Craine said.

2008: Record cold kills cattle and rice in Vietnam : Nature Environment

Hanoi - Record-setting cold weather has killed more than 8,000 cattle and 100,000 hectares of paddy rice in northern Vietnam since mid-January, officials said Tuesday.

2008: Cold Snap in Southwest Asia

The extreme winter conditions were the worst in decades in both Afghanistan and Tajikistan. In Afghanistan, the cold left more than 750 people and 230,000 cattle dead, reported Reuters.

2007: Thousands of cattle dead in US snow storms

Washington -- Thousands of cattle have died in heavy snow storms across Kansas and Colorado, news reports said Friday.

In Colorado, about 3,500 cattle - about 5 per cent of the total herd in six counties - have died from the cold and lack of access to food and water, KKTV television reported.