Simple Summary Small ruminants are critical for food security and livelihood, especially
under extreme stressful and diverse climatic environments. Generally, sheep and goats are …

Simple Summary Stress factors (heat, cold, transport, treatment, nutritional, shearing, and
weaning) are stimulants that initiate a stress response and are an inevitable result of today's …

Climate change-induced increases in temperature and humidity are predicted to impact East
African food systems, but the extent to which heat stress negatively affects livestock …

The aim of this research is to examine the influence of heat stress (HS) on body temperature
(BT) measured rectally (RT) or by infrared thermography (IRT) of the nose (NT), eye (ET), leg …

The experiment was conducted with an intent to know the effect of different farming systems
on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility coefficients, reproductive traits, disease …

Global warming, as a consequence of excessive CO2 production mainly due to
anthropogenic actions, is one of the main concerns of society due to the effects it can cause …

Heat stress is a known promoter of reactive oxygen species generation, which may
compromise pregnancy and foetal development. Melatonin is a pleiotropic molecule that …

Abstract Twenty-two Katahdin× Dorper ewe lambs (average weight= 23.5±2.8 kg) were
individually housed during a 40-d feeding study and then slaughtered to evaluate effects of …

Live sheep export has become a public concern. This study aimed to test a non-contact
biometric system based on artificial intelligence to assess heat stress of sheep to be …

The first objective of this study was to develop a thermal stress index for sheep based on
environmental and animal data collected in a climate chamber under various environmental …