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Hungarian indigenous Tsigai, a promising breed for excellent heat tolerance and immunity.


ABSTRACT: The adverse effects of climate change on sheep farming have become more noticeable in recent decades. Extensive efforts have been made to untangle the complex relationship between heat tolerance, animal health, and productivity, also to identify a resilient and economically suitable breed for selection that can be resilient to future climate change conditions. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), we observed the seasonal variations in the expression of several important genes related to heat stress and immunity (HSP70, IL10, TLR2, TLR4, and TLR8) in three of the most widely kept sheep breeds in Hungary: The indigenous Tsigai, Hungarian Merino, and White Dorper. We found that the seasonal stressor affected the relative gene expression of all genes in this study. Notably, The Hungarian indigenous Tsigai was the most robust breed adapted to the Hungarian continental (hot summer, cold winter) environment, with excellent thermotolerance and immunity. Furthermore, despite suffering from heat stress in the summer, Hungarian Merino maintained their robust immune system well throughout the year.

SUBMITTER: Astuti PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432802 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hungarian indigenous Tsigai, a promising breed for excellent heat tolerance and immunity.

Astuti Putri Kusuma PK   Bagi Zoltán Z   Bodrogi Lilla L   Pintér Tímea T   Skoda Gabriella G   Fajardo Roland R   Kusza Szilvia S  

Saudi journal of biological sciences 20230802 9


The adverse effects of climate change on sheep farming have become more noticeable in recent decades. Extensive efforts have been made to untangle the complex relationship between heat tolerance, animal health, and productivity, also to identify a resilient and economically suitable breed for selection that can be resilient to future climate change conditions. Using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), we observed the seasonal variations in the expression of several import  ...[more]

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