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ArticleNature food2024

Heat stress from current and predicted increases in temperature impairs lambing rates and birth weights in the Australian sheep flock.

William H E J Van Wettere, Sam Culley, Alyce M F Swinbourne, Stephan T Leu, Stephen J Lee, Alice C Weaver, Jennifer M Kelly, Simon J Walker, David O Kleemann, Dane S Thomas and 4 more

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Article in Nature food, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

William H E J Van WettereDavies Livestock Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. william.vanwettere@adelaide.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8176-4122
Sam CulleySchool of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Alyce M F SwinbourneSouth Australian Research and Development Institute, Primary Industries and Regions SA, Reproductive Biology, Livestock Sciences, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, South Australia, Australia.
Stephan T LeuDavies Livestock Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2547-5056
Stephen J LeeDavies Livestock Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Alice C WeaverSouth Australian Research and Development Institute, Primary Industries and Regions SA, Reproductive Biology, Livestock Sciences, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, South Australia, Australia.
Jennifer M KellySouth Australian Research and Development Institute, Primary Industries and Regions SA, Reproductive Biology, Livestock Sciences, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, South Australia, Australia.
Simon J WalkerSouth Australian Research and Development Institute, Primary Industries and Regions SA, Reproductive Biology, Livestock Sciences, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, South Australia, Australia.
David O KleemannSouth Australian Research and Development Institute, Primary Industries and Regions SA, Reproductive Biology, Livestock Sciences, Turretfield Research Centre, Rosedale, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4346-7730
Dane S ThomasWaite Research Institute, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0009-0006-7856-449X
Peter T HaymanWaite Research Institute, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia.
Kathryn L GatfordRobinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Karen L KindDavies Livestock Research Centre, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4674-9207
Seth WestraSchool of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Funding

Meat and Livestock Australia (Meat and Livestock Australia Limited) L.LSM.0024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Livestock heat stress threatens production, particularly in semi-arid, arid and tropical regions. Using established temperature thresholds for sheep, we modelled +1 °C and +3 °C temperature increases over the historical baseline, estimating that 2.1 million potential lambs are lost annually due to heat stress alone, increasing to 2.5 and 3.3 million, respectively, as temperatures rise. Heat stress poses risks at key periods of the reproductive cycle, with consequences across the Australian sheep flock.

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Heat Stress DisordersAnimalsAustraliaBirth WeightFemaleHeat-Shock ResponseLitter SizePregnancySheepTemperature

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PMID38459392

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