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ReviewVeterinary world2016

Impact of heat stress on health and performance of dairy animals: A review.

Ramendra Das, Lalrengpuii Sailo, Nishant Verma, Pranay Bharti, Jnyanashree Saikia, Imtiwati, Rakesh Kumar

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Review in Veterinary world, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 185 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

185 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Ramendra DasDepartment of Animal Genetics & Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Lalrengpuii SailoDivision of Animal Genetics, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar - 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Nishant VermaDepartment of Animal Genetics & Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Pranay BhartiDepartment of Livestock Production & Management, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Jnyanashree SaikiaDepartment of Animal Genetics & Breeding, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Agartala - 799 008, Tripura, India.
ImtiwatiDepartment of Livestock Production & Management, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Agartala - 799 008, Tripura, India.
Rakesh KumarDepartment of Animal Genetics & Breeding, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sustainability in livestock production system is largely affected by climate change. An imbalance between metabolic heat production inside the animal body and its dissipation to the surroundings results to heat stress (HS) under high air temperature and humid climates. The foremost reaction of animals under thermal weather is increases in respiration rate, rectal temperature and heart rate. It directly affect feed intake thereby, reduces growth rate, milk yield, reproductive performance, and even death in extreme cases. Dairy breeds are typically more sensitive to HS than meat breeds, and higher producing animals are, furthermore, susceptible since they generates more metabolic heat. HS suppresses the immune and endocrine system thereby enhances susceptibility of an animal to various diseases. Hence, sustainable dairy farming remains a vast challenge in these changing climatic conditions globally.

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ameliorationhealthheat stressproductionreproduction

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PMID27057109
PMCPMC4823286

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