TITLE:
Environmental Stress Effect on Animal Reproduction
AUTHORS:
Córdova-Izquierdo Alejandro, Villa-Mancera Abel, Olivares Pérez Jaime, Sánchez-Aparicio Pedro
KEYWORDS:
Environmental Stress; Animal Reproduction; Caloric Stress; Caloric Handling; Caloric Nutrition
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Animal Sciences,
Vol.4 No.2,
April
10,
2014
ABSTRACT: The aim of this review is to present some aspects of environmental stress effect on reproduction of farm animals. It describes the following: neuroendocrinology of stress, types of stress, stress characteristics in the reproductive process and recommendations for control environmental stress. Stress is the result of confinement and an ambitious vision and uncaring by the man, who is in the interest of improving production, has participated unconsciously, by manipulating animal production in its way, even trying to tame new species, impossible to adapt to our environment healthy. At present, it has been concluded that stress is one of the environmental factors that affect handling and decrease the production of livestock, it is considered that the main factor which should be controlled in units animal production, since it is closely related to pathogens and infectious agents that may try to the health of animals. Finally, some recommendations are outlined to lessen stress for heat, by handling and by feeding.