Heat stress (HS) affects pig performance, health and welfare, resulting in a financial burden
to the pig industry. Pigs have a limited number of functional sweat glands and their …

In cattle, genetic variation exists in regulation of body temperature and stabilization of
cellular function during heat stress. There are opportunities to reduce the impact of heat …

Background Cross-validation tools are used increasingly to validate and compare genetic
evaluation methods but analytical properties of cross-validation methods are rarely …

Together with their sister subspecies Bos taurus, zebu cattle (Bos indicus) have contributed
to important socioeconomic changes that have shaped modern civilizations. Zebu cattle …

Domestication of the Bovini species (taurine cattle, zebu, yak, river buffalo and swamp
buffalo) since the early Holocene (ca. 10 000 BCE) has contributed significantly to the …

Understanding the biological mechanisms of climatic adaptation is of paramount importance
for the optimization of breeding programs and conservation of genetic resources. The aim of …

Indigenous Chinese cattle combine taurine and indicine origins and occupy a broad range
of different environments. By 50 K SNP genoty** we found a discontinuous distribution of …

Evolutionary adaptations are occasionally convergent solutions to the same problem. A
mutation contributing to a heat tolerance adaptation in Senepol cattle, a New World breed of …

Simple Summary After domestication in specific regions, livestock followed human
migrations and colonized the whole world. During this population expansion, human and …

About 80% of the world's cattle are affected by ticks and tick-borne diseases, both of which
cause significant production losses. Cattle host resistance to ticks is the most important …