CONTEXT Climate change presents challenges for livestock productivity and animal health.
Thus, management strategies to mitigate the effects of the global temperature increase on …

Growth hormone (GH) is fundamental for growth and glucose homeostasis, and prolactin for
optimal pregnancy and lactation outcome, but additionally, both hormones have multiple …

The application of gene engineering in livestock is necessary for various reasons, such as
increasing productivity and producing disease resistance and biomedicine models. Overall …

奶牛热应激是高温环境引起的奶牛生理上的非特异性反应, 会严重影响奶牛自身生理状态,
损害胚胎发育, 进而造成巨大经济损失. 因此, 如何提高热应激条件下奶牛胚胎发育能力 …

The SLICK1 mutation in the prolactin receptor (PRLR) results in a short-hair coat and
increased ability to regulate body temperature during heat stress. It is unclear whether the …

Criollo cattle, the descendants of animals brought by Iberian colonists to the Americas, have
been the subject of natural and human-mediated selection in novel tropical agroecological …

Holstein cattle carrying a prolactin receptor gene mutation (SLICK) exhibit short and sleek
hair coats (short-haired Holstein [SLK]) enhancing thermotolerance and productivity …

Global warming is a major challenge to the sustainable and humane production of food
because of the increased risk of livestock to heat stress. Here, the example of the prolactin …

Population-scale genome editing can be used to alter the composition or fate of wild
populations. One approach to achieving these aims utilizes a synthetic gene drive element …

Bolivian Creole cattle populations evolved under low levels of breeding management and,
during more than 500 years of natural selection, became adapted to various environments …