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

Climate change associated heat stress was established to be the crucial factor, which
negatively influences animal production. The animals possess several adaptive …

Small ruminants have several advantages for being an integral part of the pastoral
production system because of their short gestation period, high prolificacy, rapid growth rate …

Breeding small ruminants is an important economic activity in arid and semi-arid regions.
This activity has gained more prominence in the present climatic scenario. With increasing …

As the expectation of the influence of climate change scenarios increases, the effect of heat
stress on small ruminants is significant due to their importance for smallholders in stressful …

Environmental stressors have, over generations, influenced the morphology, anatomy,
behaviour, physiology, and genetic structure of small ruminants. The widespread dispersal …

Goat plays a vital role in the rural village economy and are critical for food security and
livelihood. The contributions of goats to the economy of millions of rural people …

Various direct and indirect environmental constraints have an impact on livestock
performance. The physiological parameters, such as rectal temperature, heart rate, and …

The present study was attempted to unveil the impact of heat stress on transcription pattern
of major heat shock response genes in caprine cardiac fibroblasts. Cardiac tissues (n= 6) …

The adaptability of cattle to thermal stress has been extensively studied however the exact
dynamics of acclimatization is still less investigated. The present study was conducted to …