We have a 3 year old cow that is really struggling with the 90 degree, high humidity, southern Indiana heat. She stands in the coolest place she can find, usually in some water, and pants with her tongue out just trying to get all the air in she can. She's not overly fat, small in size, and we body clipped her in May to help her. But as it's got hotter she's still not taking it well. The odd thing is, she has a late March steer on her that does the same thing. He's a small calf, low birthweight, follows her body size, and is not overly haired up, but he's the only one of the calves that is bothered by the heat. Is there a chance this is an inherited trait? Thinking of culling her if it is. Concerned one day she'll collapse from heat exhaustion and if her offspring are all like this, we're just promoting the problem. The calf has 2 other sire mates and they are fine.