Towards heat stress management in small ruminants–a review

A Al-Dawood - Annals of Animal Science, 2017 - sciendo.com
Small ruminants (sheep and goats) play a predominant role in the economy of million
people, and have provided meat, milk, skin, wool and fiber for centuries. Animals undergo …

[HTML][HTML] Prospects of HSP70 as a genetic marker for thermo-tolerance and immuno-modulation in animals under climate change scenario

F Hassan, A Nawaz, MS Rehman, MA Ali, SMR Dilshad… - Animal Nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat stress induced by long periods of high ambient temperature decreases animal
productivity, leading to heavy economic losses. This devastating situation for livestock …

Evaluation of heat stress effects on cellular and transcriptional adaptation of bovine granulosa cells

A Khan, J Dou, Y Wang, X Jiang, MZ Khan… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - Springer
Background Heat stress is known to affect follicular dynamics, oocyte maturation, and
fertilization by impairing steroidogenic ability and viability of bovine granulosa cell (bGCs) …

Effect of heat stress on the expression profile of Hsp90 among Sahiwal (Bos indicus) and Frieswal (Bos indicus× Bos taurus) breed of cattle: a comparative study

R Deb, B Sajjanar, U Singh, S Kumar, R Singh… - Gene, 2014 - Elsevier
We evaluated the effect of thermal challenge on the expression profile of heat shock protein
90 (Hsp90) among Sahiwal (Bos indicus) and Frieswal (Bos indicus× Bos taurus) breeds of …

Expression profiling of major heat shock protein genes during different seasons in cattle (Bos indicus) and buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) under tropical climatic condition

A Kumar, S Ashraf, TS Goud, A Grewal, SV Singh… - Journal of Thermal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Heat shock proteins consist of highly conserved stress proteins, expressed in response to
stress and play crucial roles in environmental stress tolerance and adaptation. The present …

Comparative assessment of heat stress induced changes in carcass traits, plasma leptin profile and skeletal muscle myostatin and HSP70 gene expression patterns …

PR Archana, V Sejian, W Ruban, M Bagath, G Krishnan… - Meat Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The primary objective of the study was to compare the impact of heat stress on meat
production characteristics of Osmanabadi and Salem Black breed goats based on changes …

Physiological and lactation responses of Egyptian dairy Baladi goats to natural thermal stress under subtropical environmental conditions

MS El-Tarabany, AA El-Tarabany, MA Atta - International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of thermal stress on milk production
and physiological traits of Baladi goats under subtropical Egyptian conditions. Sixty dairy …

Genes for resilience to heat stress in small ruminants: A review

V Sejian, M Bagath, G Krishnan, VP Rashamol… - Small Ruminant …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Roles of candidate genes in the adaptation of goats to heat stress: A review

MO Abioja, MO Logunleko, BC Majekodunmi… - Small Ruminant …, 2023 - Elsevier
The problem of heat stress (HS) in hot regions of the world is further complicated by climate
change and the ensuing global warming. Goats have been a means of sustenance for rural …

Effect of melatonin administration on thyroid hormones, cortisol and expression profile of heat shock proteins in goats (Capra hircus) exposed to heat stress

S Sharma, K Ramesh, I Hyder, S Uniyal… - Small Ruminant …, 2013 - Elsevier
Heat stress had been a constant challenge to goat farming under tropical climate as more
chance exist for exposure to solar radiation for most of the day while grazing with …