Environmental parameters to assessing of heat stress in dairy cattle—a review

P Herbut, S Angrecka, J Walczak - International journal of biometeorology, 2018 - Springer
Considering the significant influence of high ambient temperature and heat waves on the
well-being and productivity of dairy cows, it is to be expected that, in the course of the next …

Adaptation to hot climate and strategies to alleviate heat stress in livestock production

D Renaudeau, A Collin, S Yahav, V De Basilio… - Animal, 2012 - cambridge.org
Despite many challenges faced by animal producers, including environmental problems,
diseases, economic pressure, and feed availability, it is still predicted that animal production …

Heat stress: effects on rumen microbes and host physiology, and strategies to alleviate the negative impacts on lactating dairy cows

SH Kim, SC Ramos, RA Valencia, YI Cho… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress (HS) in dairy cows causes considerable losses in the dairy industry worldwide
due to reduced animal performance, increased cases of metabolic disorders, altered rumen …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding heat stress in beef cattle

TM Brown-Brandl - Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Thermal stress is the result of a misbalance between heat produced or gained from the
environment and the amount of heat lost to the environment. The level of thermal stress can …

Rethinking environment control strategy of confined animal housing systems through precision livestock farming

S Fournel, AN Rousseau, B Laberge - Biosystems Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate represents one of the main limiting factors of production efficiency. Thermal stress
events can cause reduced performance, morbidity, and mortality, resulting in significant …

The effects of cow-related factors on rectal temperature, respiration rate, and temperature-humidity index thresholds for lactating cows exposed to heat stress

G Yan, K Liu, Z Hao, Z Shi, H Li - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of the cow-related factors on rectal
temperature (RT) and respiration rate (RR) of lactating dairy cows under different heat stress …

Environmental heat stress in rabbits: Implications and ameliorations

AM Oladimeji, TG Johnson, K Metwally… - International journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Profitable production of rabbit meat requires comfortable environment for expression of good
quality traits embedded in the genetic components of rabbits. One of the major problems …

Silvopastoral system is an alternative to improve animal welfare and productive performance in meat production systems

AP Lemes, AR Garcia, JRM Pezzopane, FZ Brandão… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change is a reality and global surface temperature is projected to rise substantially
in the next 80 years. Agriculture practices will have to adapt to climate change, and also help …

Emerging genetic tools to investigate molecular pathways related to heat stress in chickens: A review

F Perini, F Cendron, G Rovelli, C Castellini… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary New genomic tools have been used as an instrument in order to assess
the molecular pathway involved in heat stress resistance. Local chicken breeds have a …

Biology of heat stress; the nexus between intestinal hyperpermeability and swine reproduction

EJ Mayorga, JW Ross, AF Keating, RP Rhoads… - Theriogenology, 2020 - Elsevier
Unfavorable weather conditions are one of the largest constraints to maximizing farm animal
productivity. Heat stress (HS), in particular, compromises almost every metric of profitability …