ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Impact of Heat Stress on Bovine Sperm Quality and Competence.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.
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- Heat Stress and the Bull Sperm Transcriptome: Molecular Mechanisms, Fertility, and Epigenetic Inheritance.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
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- Dietary Arginine Supplementation Mitigates Heat Stress-Induced Testicular Dysfunction Through Arginine-Related Metabolic Remodeling and Autophagy-Associated Stress Adaptation in a Rongchang Boar Model.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Combined effects of thermal stress and benzene or toluene exposure on the immune and reproductive disruption in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus).Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Post-ejaculatory thermal sensitivity of sperm performance in the high-altitude lizard Phymaturus extrilidus.Biology open · 2026Article
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- Climate, Fertility and Oxidative Stress: Systemic and Localized Responses Associated with Ambient Heat-Induced Subfertility in Stallions.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mechanistic understanding of heat stress in cattle reproduction toward pharmacological strategies: review.Animal bioscience · 2026Article
- Dietary Taurine Supplementation Improves Sperm Quality and Modulates Seminal Plasma Metabolism in Heat-Stressed Dairy Goat Bucks.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Natural and artificial abiotic factors: impacts on the seminal quality of Dorper rams in a semiarid region.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Article
- Particulate exposure during spermatogenesis is associated with adverse bull reproductive fitness in a wildfire impacted area.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
- Sperm DNA Fragmentation: The Concept and Its Use in Assisted Reproduction.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- Heat shock proteins in male infertility: recent advances and clinical implications.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Proteomic profile of seminal plasma in tropical Saanen bucks under heat stress using 1D-SDS PAGE.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Effects of shaving on reproductive performance and protein metabolism in bucks under heat stress conditions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
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- Oral niacin mitigates heat-induced reproductive impairments in male mice.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Evaluating Reticulorumen Temperature, Rumination, Activity and pH Measured by Rumen Sensors as Indicators of Heat Load in Fattening Bulls.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Season affects sperm quality, seminal extracellular vesicles, and antioxidant-related genes in Egyptian Buffalo bulls.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Motility Performance of Thawed Spermatozoa of Bulls from the Tropics Throughout the Year.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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Abstract
Global warming has negatively influenced animal production performance, in addition to animal well-being and welfare, consequently impairing the economic sustainability of the livestock industry. Heat stress impact on male fertility is complex and multifactorial, with the fertilizing ability of spermatozoa affected by several pathways. Among the most significative changes are the increase in and accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) causing lipid peroxidation and motility impairment. The exposure of DNA during the cell division of spermatogenesis makes it vulnerable to both ROS and apoptotic enzymes, while the subsequent post-meiotic DNA condensation makes restoration impossible, harming later embryonic development. Mitochondria are also susceptible to the loss of membrane potential and electron leakage during oxidative phosphorylation, lowering their energy production capacity under heat stress. Although cells are equipped with defense mechanisms against heat stress, heat insults that are too intense lead to cell death. Heat shock proteins (HSP) belong to a thermostable and stress-induced protein family, which eliminate protein clusters and are essential to proteostasis under heat stress. This review focuses on effects of heat stress on sperm quality and on the mechanisms leading to defective sperm under heat stress.
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