Extreme climatic events such as heat waves, extreme rainfall and prolonged dry periods are
a significant challenge to the productivity and profitability of dairy systems. Despite …

There is little doubt that climate change will have an impact on livestock performance in
many regions and for most predictive models the impact will be detrimental. The real …

The study was aimed at assessing heat load–related risk of clinical mastitis (CM) in dairy
cows. Records of CM for the years 2014 and 2015 were obtained from a large conventional …

Animal agriculture accounts for approximately 70% of all agricultural land use and accounts
for approximately 40% of the world's agriculture gross domestic product (GDP), with the …

Environmental heat stress is implicated in various animal health issues in ruminants,
including reproduction rates, mortality rates, and animal physical quality. During extremely …

Livestock plays a crucial part in the global food chain; however, its production and supply
could be jeopardized due to climate change-related risks. Therefore, this study gathered …

This dissertation evaluated nutritional approaches such as the addition of betaine,
prebiotics, probiotics, transitional metabolic substrates, and β-mercaptoacetate (MAA; a …

This chapter discusses the mechanisms by which climate change will influence broad-acre
rainfed farming systems (cropping and grazing) in Australia and critically evaluates possible …

Animal models are the basic tools to understand the physiology and complexities of the
human genome as they share similarities with humans. Animal models have been employed …