RadMAT is an acronym of the project entitled “Radiative Water Mattress Solution for Global Milk Security”. The project is financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA Polskie Powroty 2018) and led by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
This project focuses on the simulation, development, and implementation of novel cooling system in the dairy industry for the abatement of heat stress in the dairy cattle. This phenomenon is caused by frequency of hot weather and is intensified by high temperature and humidity level, resulting in problems with expelling excess metabolic heat. Cattle under heat stress is exposed to numerous health problems, resulting in lower milk production and quality as well and reduced fertility, which has financial consequences for industrial dairy.