Genetic analysis of the effects of heat stress before and after lambing on pre‐weaning live weight in Spanish Merino lambs

Genetic analysis of the effects of heat stress before and after lambing on pre‐weaning live weight in Spanish Merino lambs

Abstract Background Heat stress (HS) is a major environmental effect on sheep production. Hereby, we estimated the genetic (co)variance component of HS on the pre‐weaning performance of 19,022 Merino lambs by analysing the climatological index of temperature and relative humidity (recorded 30 days b...

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Main Authors: Antonio Molina, Sebastián Demyda‐Peyrás, Manuel Sánchez, Juan M. Serradilla, Alberto Menéndez‐Buxadera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-07-01
Series:Veterinary Medicine and Science
Subjects:
genotypic environmental interaction
Merino sheep
post‐lambing heat stress
pre‐lambing heat stress
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.841

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https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.841

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