Abstract In the Northern Hemisphere, from June to September and in the Southern
Hemisphere from December to March, there are periods of reduced fertility (sub-fertility) in …

Seasonal variations in environmental temperatures impose added stress on domestic
species bred for economically important production traits. These heat‐mediated stressors …

Heat stress causes a large decline in pregnancy success per insemination during warm
times of the year. Improvements in fertility are possible by exploiting knowledge about how …

Heat stress negatively influences the global pork industry and undermines genetic,
nutritional, management and pharmaceutical advances in management, feed and …

In cattle, genetic variation exists in regulation of body temperature and stabilization of
cellular function during heat stress. There are opportunities to reduce the impact of heat …

There is species divergence in control of DNA methylation during preimplantation
development. The exact pattern of methylation in the bovine embryo has not been …

Successful embryonic development is dependent on factors secreted by the reproductive
tract. Dickkopf-1 (DKK1), an antagonist of the wingless-related mouse mammary tumor virus …

Heat stress affects the fertility and reproductive livestock performance by compromising the
physiology reproductive tract, through hormonal imbalance, decreased oocyte quality and …

Heat stress (HS) has a pronounced deleterious effect on fertility in dairy herds throughout
the world, especially in hot and humid summer months in tropical and subtropical areas …

Summer heat stress decreases the pregnancy rate in cattle and has been thought to be
associated with the early embryonic death caused by the elevation of maternal body …