and heat radiation, six breeds of rams: two Brazilian locally adapted breeds (Santa Ines and
Bergamasca) and four exotic breeds (Dorper, Texel, Ile de France, and Hampshire Down)
underwent scrotal insulation. The experiment consisted of pre-scrotal insulation (week− 1),
insulation (week 0), and post-insulation (week 1–11) phases. Insulation changed the
scrotum and testicular measurements, the heat radiated from the gonads caused deleterious …