Genomic breeding programs have been paramount in improving the rates of genetic
progress of productive efficiency traits in livestock. Such improvement has been …

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 …

Implications Identification of heat tolerant animals is challenging due to the complexity of
heat stress response and the antagonism between heat tolerance and productivity …

Heat stress (HS) affects pig performance, health and welfare, resulting in a financial burden
to the pig industry. Pigs have a limited number of functional sweat glands and their …

Maternal undernutrition or overnutrition during pregnancy alters organ structure, impairs
prenatal and neonatal growth and development, and reduces feed efficiency for lean tissue …

Genetic selection for improved climatic resilience is paramount to increase the long-term
sustainability of high-producing dairy cattle, especially in face of climate change. Various …

Heat tolerance is the ability of an animal to maintain production and reproduction levels
under hot and humid conditions and is now a trait of economic relevance in dairy systems …

Selection for heat tolerant (HT) animals in dairy production has been so far linked to
estimation of declines in production using milk recording and meteorological information on …

Background Automatic and continuous recording of vaginal temperature (TV) using
wearable sensors causes minimal disruptions to animal behavior and can generate data …

The environment in sow houses is the key to restrict sow production due to its significant
effect on sow growth and reproduction. In this article, the effect of light, thermal and light …