Impacts of heat stress on immune responses and oxidative stress in farm animals and nutritional strategies for amelioration

SS Chauhan, VP Rashamol, M Bagath, V Sejian… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Heat stress is one of the greatest challenges for the global livestock industries as increased
environmental temperature and humidity compromises animal production during summer …

[HTML][HTML] Heat stress impacts immune status in cows across the life cycle

GE Dahl, S Tao, J Laporta - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress has a myriad of effects on dairy cattle across the life cycle. Whereas, the most
commonly recognized impacts are associated with production responses, emerging …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of heat stress on the behaviour of dairy cows–a review

P Herbut, G Hoffmann, S Angrecka, D Godyń… - Annals of Animal …, 2021 - sciendo.com
Heat stress in livestock is a function of macro-and microclimatic factors, their duration and
intensity, the environments where they occur and the biological characteristics of the animal …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Diversity and Signatures of Selection for Thermal Stress in Cattle and Other Two Bos Species Adapted to Divergent Climatic Conditions

PHF Freitas, Y Wang, P Yan, HR Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the biological mechanisms of climatic adaptation is of paramount importance
for the optimization of breeding programs and conservation of genetic resources. The aim of …

[HTML][HTML] Whole genome mapping reveals novel genes and pathways involved in milk production under heat stress in US Holstein cows

A Sigdel, R Abdollahi-Arpanahi, I Aguilar… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress represents a major environmental factor that negatively affects the health and
performance of dairy cows, causing huge economic losses to the dairy industry. Identifying …

[HTML][HTML] Weighted single-step GWAS and RNA sequencing reveals key candidate genes associated with physiological indicators of heat stress in Holstein cattle

H Luo, L Hu, LF Brito, J Dou, A Sammad… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Springer
Background The study of molecular processes regulating heat stress response in dairy cattle
is paramount for developing mitigation strategies to improve heat tolerance and animal …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic selection for thermotolerance in ruminants

R Osei-Amponsah, SS Chauhan, BJ Leury, L Cheng… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ruminants make important contributions to agricultural production, protein
food security, livelihoods, and socio-cultural values, particularly in the developing world …

[HTML][HTML] Heat stress effects on milk yield traits and metabolites and mitigation strategies for dairy cattle breeds reared in tropical and sub-tropical countries

V Habimana, AS Nguluma, ZC Nziku… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in blood metabolites and immune cells in Holstein and Jersey dairy cows by heat stress

SS Joo, SJ Lee, DS Park, DH Kim, BH Gu, YJ Park… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As global temperatures rise, thermal stress can be a major problem
affecting cows. If they are subjected to heat stress, they are likely to exhibit abnormal …

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 …