Resilience of small ruminants to climate change and increased environmental temperature: A review

A Joy, FR Dunshea, BJ Leury, IJ Clarke, K DiGiacomo… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Small ruminants are critical for food security and livelihood, especially
under extreme stressful and diverse climatic environments. Generally, sheep and goats are …

Towards heat stress management in small ruminants–a review

A Al-Dawood - Annals of Animal Science, 2017 - sciendo.com
Small ruminants (sheep and goats) play a predominant role in the economy of million
people, and have provided meat, milk, skin, wool and fiber for centuries. Animals undergo …

Effect of dietary organic acids and botanicals on metabolic status and milk parameters in mid–late lactating goats

A Giorgino, F Raspa, E Valle, D Bergero, D Cavallini… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Alternative feed additives could offer nutritional strategies that help to
prevent metabolic disorders in ruminants by exerting beneficial effects on the animals' …

Livestock under climate change: a systematic review of impacts and adaptation

JF Escarcha, JA Lassa, KK Zander - Climate, 2018 - mdpi.com
We conducted a systematic literature review to document the scientific knowledge about
climate change impacts and adaptation in livestock systems, and to identify research gaps …

Heat stress and goat welfare: Adaptation and production considerations

V Sejian, MV Silpa, MR Reshma Nair, C Devaraj… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This review attempts to provide information on the various impacts of heat
stress on the production and welfare variables of goats. Goats are predominantly distributed …

Global risk of heat stress to cattle from climate change

MA North, JA Franke, B Ouweneel… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Cattle farming is a major source of global food production and livelihoods that is being
impacted by climate change. However, despite numerous studies reporting local-scale heat …

Physiological and biochemical blood variables of goats subjected to heat stress–a review

MN Ribeiro, NL Ribeiro, R Bozzi… - Journal of Applied Animal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This review aimed to present the current status of the studies about the role of physiological,
hematological, biochemical and hormonal variables on the blood of goats raised in adverse …

Climate change: Production performance, health issues, greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation strategies in sheep and goat farming

R Marino, AS Atzori, M D'Andrea, G Iovane… - Small Ruminant …, 2016 - Elsevier
Climate change is transforming the planet's ecosystem and threatening the well-being of
current and future generations. The livestock sector plays an important role in climate …

Characterizing heat stress on livestock using the temperature humidity index (THI)—prospects for a warmer Caribbean

CHO Lallo, J Cohen, D Rankine, M Taylor… - Regional Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
There is an urgent need to mitigate climate change-induced heat stress in livestock and
poultry in the Caribbean, given the deleterious effects it has on food and nutrition security …

[HTML][HTML] Co** with climate shocks: The complex role of livestock portfolios

A Acosta, F Nicolli, P Karfakis - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of climate change are alarming, with projections suggesting that weather events
will become more extreme and frequent, affecting households in regions that are already …