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ArticleVeterinary sciences2025

Activity of Different Types of Cactus Forage on Testicular Function and Morphology of Sheep Subjected to Environmental Heat Stress.

Giselle Woolley Cardoso da Silva, Fernanda Carolina Ribeiro Dias, Marli do Carmo Cupertino, Alluanan Adelson do Nascimento Silva, Ângela Maria Vieira Batista, Emanuel Felipe de Oliveira Filho, Francisco Fernando Ramos de Carvalho, Ana Lúcia Figueiredo Porto, Valdemiro Amaro da Silva Júnior

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Giselle Woolley Cardoso da SilvaDepartamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife 52171-900, PE, Brazil.
Fernanda Carolina Ribeiro DiasDepartamento de Biologia Estrutural, Universidade federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Rua Vigário Carlos, 100, Bairro Nossa Sra. da Abadia, Uberaba 38025-350, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6530-4684
Marli do Carmo CupertinoDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. P.H. Holfs s/n, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5790-0622
Alluanan Adelson do Nascimento SilvaDepartamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife 52171-900, PE, Brazil.
Ângela Maria Vieira BatistaDepartamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife 52171-900, PE, Brazil.
Emanuel Felipe de Oliveira FilhoCentro Multidisciplinar de Barra da Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia (UFOB), Av. 23 de Agosto, SN, Assunçao, Barra 47100-000, BA, Brazil.
Francisco Fernando Ramos de CarvalhoDepartamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife 52171-900, PE, Brazil.
Ana Lúcia Figueiredo PortoDepartamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife 52171-900, PE, Brazil.
Valdemiro Amaro da Silva JúniorDepartamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife 52171-900, PE, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1894-7337

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we aim to analyze whether supplementation with cactus has the potential to minimize the testicular damage caused by heat stress, assess which of the three cactuses would have the best potential, and suggest a possible pathway (oxidative or hormonal) for the action of cactus on the testicular parameter alterations caused by heat stress. Thirty-two male lambs, of the Santa Inês type, not castrated, approximately six months old, and averaging 21.0 ± 2.0 kg body weight, were divided into four groups, as follows: G1, which was fed an elephant grass hay diet (control); G2, with a diet with partial replacement using small cactus forage (

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PMID40431585
PMCPMC12115706

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