Interactions Between Climate discusses conceptual and methodological bases for research in animal biometeorology.

Features:

• The effects of climate on animal production, health and welfare
• Tools for description and measurement of climate
• Strategies for alleviation of climatic stress in farm animals
• The impact of animal husbandry on global climate

Contents

• Bioclimatology and adaptation of farm animals in a changing climate
• Perspective on development of thermal indices for animal studies and management
• Physiological and productive consequences of heat stress. The case of dairy ruminants
• Novel approaches for the alleviation of climatic stress in farm animals
• Contribution of animal husbandry to climatic changes
• Strategies for reducing the effects of animal husbandry on climate
• The effects of high ambient temperature on certain physiological parameters on rabbits in Greece
• Oxidative status in transition dairy cows under heat stress conditions
• The effect of climatic conditions on performances of dairy cows in Tunisia
• Factors affecting some blood parameters and rectal temperature in cows in the Tropics
• Genetic characterisation of Nellore and Criolla cattle: preliminary results
• The effect of environmental temperature and humidity on cashmere yield, secondary active follicles and thyroid hormones in cashmere goats
• Ultrastructural characterization of rabbit sperm abnormalities under heat stress conditions
• Categorizing heat load in grain-fed beef cattle – New approaches
• Using panting scores to assess heat load in cattle
• Seasonal variations of milk quality in Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese manufacture on a period of 10 years
• Macrominerals in buffalo at different physiological state during winter and summer
• Microminerals in buffalo at different physiological state during winter and summer
• A higher susceptibility of hyperthermic animals to infectious disease
• Heat stress parameters in Azawak (Bos indicus) and Modicana (Bos taurus) cattle
• Cooling non-lactating dairy cows reduces stress and improves postpartum performance
• Use of different shelter in summer for dairy sheep: lamb birth and weaning weight
• Shade effects on physiological responses of feeder cattle
• Productive and metabolic response of dairy cows raised in barn equipped with fans and misters during the summer season
• The effect of a combined progesterone (PRID) and ovosynch protocol on pregnancy rate in Buffalo
• Cooling of dairy cows in Israel - Improving cows welfare and performance as well as reducing environmental contamination
• Behaviour of dairy cows in hot season in a barn equipped with automatic milking system (AMS)
• Effect of short-term cooling on some physiological responses of buffaloes. 1. Pregnant buffaloes
• The covers for animals’ protection in warm areas
• Behavior of crossbred lactating cows grazing Pennisetum purpureum, Schumaker in
• Southeastern Brazil under two feeding systems
• Effects of silymarin on rumen metabolism and microbial population in goats exposed to hot environment
• CH4 emissions from cubicle houses on dairy farms with advanced nutrient management
• Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration on floristic composition and forage quality of a Mediterranean grassland
• A new abatement technique to reduce gaseous and particulate emissions from farm animal house
• Physiological responses of Holstein and Holstein x Jersey cattle in a grazing system in Argentina

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