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 …

Heat stress can have large effects on most aspects of reproductive function in mammals.
These include disruptions in spermatogenesis and oocyte development, oocyte maturation …

Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress contribute to several neurologic disorders
and have recently been implicated in acquired epilepsies such as temporal lobe epilepsy …

Stress can affect reproductive performance of lactating cows by targeting the ovarian pool of
follicles and their enclosed oocytes. Among the documented stressors are heat stress (ie …

Heat stress causes large reductions in fertility in lactating dairy cows. The magnitude and
geographical extent of this problem is increasing because improvements in milk yield have …

Global warming represents a major stressful environmental condition that compromises the
reproductive efficiency of animals and humans via a rise of body temperature above its …

This reviews research focused to understand the nutrient requirement and balance to meet
the needs of fetal growth, mammary growth, and milk production. This summary will handle …

Among the components of the female reproductive tract, the ovarian pool of follicles and
their enclosed oocytes are highly sensitive to hyperthermia. Heat-induced alterations in …

Melatonin is a pleiotropic molecule which plays an important role in animal reproductive
activities. Because of the increased global warming, the impact of heat stress (HS) on …

The susceptibility of in vitro matured (IVM) porcine oocytes to be fertilized in vitro after
vitrification was investigated. IVM oocytes were cryopreserved by solid surface vitrification …