Stray Voltage Resources
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Stray Voltage Websites

• Midwest Rural Energy Council
  • http://www.mrec.org/sv-info.html
• University of Wisconsin Milking Research and Instruction Laboratory
  • http://www.uwex.edu/uwmril/stray_voltage/svmain.htm
• Wisconsin Public Service Commission
  • http://psc.wi.gov/utilityinfo/electric/strayvoltage.htm
• Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
  • http://www.puc.state.mn.us/docs/index.htm#electric

Resources and Publications

• USDA Handbook 696- Effect of Electrical Voltage/Current on Farm Animals
  • http://www.mrec.org/pubs/ARSpub696/document.pdf
• Final Report of the Science Advisors to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, July 1998
  • http://www.puc.state.mn.us/docs/SciAdv.pdf
• “Dairy Cow Response to the Electrical Environment, Final Report, Parts I and II” Submitted to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, June 1999
  • http://www.puc.state.mn.us/docs/Labfr1-2.pdf
• “Dairy Cow Response to the Electrical Environment, Final Report, Part III, ” Submitted to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, June 1999
  • http://www.puc.state.mn.us/docs/Labfr3.pdf
• Stray Voltage and Dairy Farms, NRAES Publication 149, 2003
  • http://www.nraes.org/nra_order.taf?_function=detail&pr_id=40&_UserReference=6FD21D7F245FF33748270934
• “Review of Literature on the Effect of the Electrical Environment on Farm Animals”, December 2005
  • http://www.uwex.edu/uwmril/pdf/StrayVoltage/SV%20Literature%2005.pdf
• “Literature Review and Synthesis of Research Findings on the Impact of Stray Voltage on Farm Operations”, March 31, 2008, Prepared by Douglas J. Reinemann, Ph.D. for the Ontario Energy Board
  • http://www.oeb.gov.on.ca/OEB/_Documents/EB-2007-0709/report_Reinemann_20080530.pdf

Recent Research and Decisions

• Gumz v. Northern States Power
• Schmidt v. Northern States Power
• The effect of low energy electric shock on cortisol, β-endorphin, heart rate and behaviour of cattle” Applied Animal Behaviour Science; Volume 113, Issues 1-3,  (September 2008)Pages 32-42 Caroline Lee, Andrew D. Fisher, Matt T. Reed and John M. Henshall
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