Monitoring the environment for pollution, pesticides, and pathogens is crucial for protecting
human, agriculture, and overall ecosystem health. Diverse strategies ranging from physical …

Reports of the increasing incidence of male infertility paired with decreasing semen quality
have triggered studies on the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors on the male …

Elevated ambient temperatures affect animal production and welfare. Animal's reduced
production performances during heat stress were traditionally thought to result from the …

Loss of pregnancy can occur at many different stages of gestation and for a variety of causes
but clearly produces a negative impact for reproductive and economic performances of dairy …

Rising global temperatures are threatening biodiversity. Studies on the impact of
temperature on natural populations usually use lethal or viability thresholds, termed the …

Heat stress significantly impairs reproduction of sheep, and under current climatic conditions
is a significant risk to the efficiency of the meat and wool production, with the impact …

The accuracy of predictive models (also known as mechanistic or causal models) of animal
responses to climate change depends on properly incorporating the principles of heat …

Global climate change has led to more extreme thermal events. Plants and animals harbour
diverse microbial communities, which may be vital for their physiological performance and …

A realistic picture of our world shows that it is heavily polluted everywhere. Coastal regions
and oceans are polluted by farm fertilizer, manure runoff, sewage and industrial discharges …

The objective of this series of studies was to investigate the effects of inflammatory diseases
occurring before breeding on the developmental biology and reproductive responses in …