Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Responses to Thermal Stress in Goats -
By Mahesh Gupta, Sachin Kumar, S. S. Dangi, B. Jangir. 2013
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Livestock undergo various kinds of stress such as physical, nutritional, chemical, psychological and thermal stress. Among all thermal stress is most concerning now a day in the ever changing climatic scenario. Thermal stress redistributes the body resources including protein and energy at t he cost of decreased growth, reproduction, production and health. Goats (Capra hircus) are relatively resistant to harsh environmental conditions. Thermal stress stimulates sort of complex responses which are fundamentals in the preservation of cell survival. Physiological responses to thermal stress are rectal temperature, respiration rate, heart rate, skin temperature; hormonal changes in terms of thyroxin, tri-iodothyronine, cortisol, electrolyte concentration; hematological responses like hemoglobin level and packed cell volume. Biochemical responses include changes in antioxidants level, plasma or serum enzymes and metabolites like blood glucose, total cholesterol level. At molecular level changes in gene expression of heat shock proteins and many other proteins ensure protections. Altogether these physiological, biochemical and molecular responses makes the goats to survive in harsh environment.
Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Molecular Biology
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Citations in the corpus
- Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Livestock Adaptation to Heat Stress (2017, background): “Increased expression of many HSPs including HSP32, HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, HSP90, HSP110 and many others are also observed in goat during hyperthermic stress [15,52,53].”
- Towards Heat Stress Management in Small Ruminants – A Review (2017, methodology): “HS is the perceived discomfort and physiological strain associated with an exposure to an extreme and hot environment (Gupta et al., 2013).”
- Physiological adaptability of livestock to heat stress: an updated review. (2018, background): “Heat to be lost sensibly (loss by conduction, convention and radiation) and insensibly (loss by diffusion water from the skin) by increased blood flow from the core to the surface (Gupta et al 2013; Hooda and Upadhyay 2014).”