Climate change is a problem that causes many environmental issues that impact the
productivity of livestock species. One of the major issues associated with climate change is …

Heat stress is an important problem for dairy industry in many parts of the world owing to its
adverse effects on productivity and profitability. Heat stress in dairy cattle is caused by an …

Implications Identification of heat tolerant animals is challenging due to the complexity of
heat stress response and the antagonism between heat tolerance and productivity …

Cattle farming is a major source of global food production and livelihoods that is being
impacted by climate change. However, despite numerous studies reporting local-scale heat …

The need for food products of animal origin is increasing worldwide. Satisfying these needs
in a way that has minimal impact on the environment requires cutting-edge technologies and …

Dairying in Australia is practiced in highly diverse climatic conditions and production
systems, which means that re-ranking of genotypes could occur across environments that …

Rearing of indigenous Tharparkar (TP) cows (native of arid Thar deserts) under high humid
conditions (> 75% humidity) has increased the incidence of mammary infections in them. A …

Due to its geographical position and a highly variable orography, Italy is characterized by
several climatic areas and thus, by many different dairy cow farming systems. Brown Swiss …

As future climate challenges become increasingly evident, enhancing performance
resilience of farm animals may contribute to mitigation against adverse weather and …

Data from natural populations have suggested a disconnection between trait heritability
(variance standardized additive genetic variance, VA) and evolvability (mean standardized …