# Impacts of heat stress on growth performance and its mitigation in small ruminants

**Authors:** Silpa Mullakkalparambil Velayudhan, Ilavarasi Gunasekaran, Balamurugan Narasingam, Agnishwaran Ramajothi, Vanmathi Arulselvam, Eldhose Dona Mary, Darwin Ernest Angelin Shyona, Kalaignazhal Gajendirane, Rebez Ebenezer Binuni, Sejian Veerasamy

PMC · DOI: 10.1093/af/vfaf021 · Animal Frontiers: The Review Magazine of Animal Agriculture · 2025-08-06

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- **Genes:** PLCB1 [NCBI Gene 101103585], GJA3 [NCBI Gene 101119228], YTHDC1 [NCBI Gene 101116479], MDH1 [NCBI Gene 101116035], LEPR [NCBI Gene 443264], STIL [NCBI Gene 101106636], MYLK4 [NCBI Gene 105603910], IGF-2 [NCBI Gene 443325], BMP2 [NCBI Gene 443173], GSTCD [NCBI Gene 101103813], SLC13A5 [NCBI Gene 101103905], growth Hormone [NCBI Gene 443329], MYO5A [NCBI Gene 101105758], NPR1 [NCBI Gene 100294649], UGP2 [NCBI Gene 101115777], PITX2 [NCBI Gene 101116988], UNC13C [NCBI Gene 101123470], MYOC [NCBI Gene 101105836], PPARGC1A [NCBI Gene 443270], CAST [NCBI Gene 443364], PAX7 [NCBI Gene 101106413], KSR2 [NCBI Gene 101110179], SIRT3 [NCBI Gene 101105454], ANGPT2 [NCBI Gene 497273], ADRA2A [NCBI Gene 100170317], LEP [NCBI Gene 443534], Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 1 [NCBI Gene 101123436], ghrelin [NCBI Gene 442996], GJB6 [NCBI Gene 101118368], MSTN [NCBI Gene 443449], IGF-1 [NCBI Gene 443318], GJB2 [NCBI Gene 443345], HSPB3 [NCBI Gene 101118384], ADIPOQ [NCBI Gene 101111848], RTN1 [NCBI Gene 101102907], BMP7 [NCBI Gene 443175], STAT5A [NCBI Gene 443419], GPAT2 [NCBI Gene 101116221], MYOG [NCBI Gene 443158], GH [NCBI Gene 114116958], insulin [NCBI Gene 105613195], GHR [NCBI Gene 443333], COL6A3 [NCBI Gene 443051], PRL [NCBI Gene 443317], AGPAT2 [NCBI Gene 101114511], PRKG1 [NCBI Gene 443010], ABCD2 [NCBI Gene 101119199], FCGR1A [NCBI Gene 100192431], MYF5 [NCBI Gene 443159], RNF121 [NCBI Gene 101118472], SCD [NCBI Gene 443185], SPP1 [NCBI Gene 443058], STEAP3 [NCBI Gene 101118766], myogenic differentiation 1 [NCBI Gene 443405], TRPV1 [NCBI Gene 101110158], PEBP4 [NCBI Gene 101113986], MEF2B [NCBI Gene 101106075]
- **Diseases:** Zoonotic (MESH:D015047), hyperventilation (MESH:D006985), weight loss (MESH:D015431), deficiencies (MESH:D007153), weight gain (MESH:D015430), growth restriction (MESH:D005317), inflammation (MESH:D007249)
- **Chemicals:** glucose (MESH:D005947), T3 (MESH:D014284), prebiotics (MESH:D056692), Selenium (MESH:D012643), urea (MESH:D014508), niacin (MESH:D009525), betaine (MESH:D001622), polyunsaturated fatty acids (MESH:D005231), sodium bicarbonate (MESH:D017693), T4 (MESH:D013974), free (-), cholesterol (MESH:D002784), l-tyrosine (MESH:D014443), carbon (MESH:D002244), cortisol (MESH:D006854), methane (MESH:D008697), vitamin E (MESH:D014810)
- **Species:** Ascophyllum nodosum (species) [taxon 52969], Capra hircus (domestic goat, species) [taxon 9925], Gallus gallus (bantam, species) [taxon 9031], Bos taurus (bovine, species) [taxon 9913], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Meleagris gallopavo (common turkey, species) [taxon 9103], Ovis aries (domestic sheep, species) [taxon 9940], Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast, species) [taxon 4932], Olea europaea (common olive, species) [taxon 4146]

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