Heat stress, a serious threat to reproductive function in animals and humans

• Published in: Molecular reproduction and development Vol. 86; no. 10; pp. 1307 - 1323
• Main Author: Boni, Raffaele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2019
• Subjects: Antioxidants; Body temperature; Comparative analysis; Decay; Fertilization; Fetuses; follicle; Genotypes; Global warming; Heat stress; Livestock; mitochondria; oocyte; reproductive activity; spermatozoa; heat stress; global warming; oocyte; reproductive activity; spermatozoa; follicle; mitochondria

Global warming represents a major stressful environmental condition that compromises the reproductive efficiency of animals and humans via a rise of body temperature above its physiological homeothermic point (heat stress [HS]). The injuries caused by HS on reproductive function involves both male a...