Effects of management strategies on animal welfare and productivity under heat stress: A synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Climate change includes different dramatic events, and among them, heat stress exposition is the strongest phenomenon affecting the livestock sector. The effects of heat stress events on animal welfare are complex and the economic impacts for the livestock sector are relevant. Management measures may contribute to improve the resilience to heat stress, but the extent to which they impact on livestock performances and management strategies depend on the magnitude of the stress conditions. Through a pioneering synthesis of existing knowledge from experiments conducted in controlled conditions, we show that management strategies, both adaptation and mitigation measures, halved the negative impacts on the ruminants' performances and welfare induced by heat stress, but the efficacy is low in ex

SUBMITTER: Morgado JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10050400 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature