Débora Andréa Evangelista Façanha

TL;DR: These responses suggest that the use of thermal storage allowed the animals to achieve equilibrium with the environment and maintain a stable body temperature, and confirm the importance of providing environmental protection during critical periods of the day, even for locally adapted breeds.

TL;DR: The models developed to predict the effective thermal conductivity of the coat must take differences into account because the thermal gradient parallel to the skin surface is not negligible for Holstein cows under the sun in a tropical environment, as well as the other traits.

TL;DR: It was observed that the evaluated blood parameters from the Morada Nova sheep breed did not demonstrate any variation from the reference interval established for the species, except for the lower levels of globulins and higher albumin/globulins ratio, but it was verified that the serum biochemical panel was affected by the sex, age, and body score condition.

TL;DR: This study sought to address a methodology composed of a multifactorial matrix to evaluate the adaptation of animals to breeding environment, which are considered the thermoregulatory reactions as a way to maintain homeothermy indicated by rectal and surface temperatures and activation of evaporative heat loss.

TL;DR: The main variables which act in the adaptive profile and the dynamic of the thermoregulatory responses of Sindi and Girolando dairy cows in tropical conditions were determined using multivariate analyses as the auxiliary method.