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Animal’s Body adaptive heat as per their Environment

Sudha Giri

Abstract


The temperature environment is the most significant ecological element influencing domestic animal growth, development, and productivity. Body weight, fat deposition, hair-coat qualities, functional activity, sweat gland count, and the existence or absence of anatomical respiratory countercurrent are all factors to consider. All these factors have a substantial influence on the pathways of energy exchange (sensible heat and latent heat) between animals and their surroundings. Heat exchange has been specialized because of differences in anatomical characteristics across species. Increases in domestic animal productivity might jeopardize thermal acclimation and plasticity, necessitating increased investments in housing systems that limit thermal environment fluctuation.


Keywords


Animal, Thermal, Environment, Heat exchange, Acclimation, Adaptation, Temperature

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