UNASSIGNED: A study was conducted to assess the combined effect of @entity8291 and nutritional restriction on growth and reproductive performances in Malpura rams. Twenty-eight adult Malpura rams (average body weight (BW) 66.0  kg) were used in this study. The rams were divided into four groups: CON (n  =  7; control), @entity5441 (n  =  7; @entity8291 ), NUS (n  =  7; nutritional stress) and COS (n  =  7; combined stress). The study was conducted for a period of 2  months. CON and @entity5441 rams had ad  libitum access to their feed while NUS and COS rams were under restricted feed (30% intake of CON rams) to induce nutritional stress. The @entity5441 and COS rams were kept in climatic chamber at 42    C and 55% relative humidity for 6  h a day between 10  :  00  h and 16  :  00  h to induce @entity8291 . Body weight increased significantly (p  <  0.05) in CON as compared to NUS and COS. When compared within groups, scrotal width morning, scrotal width afternoon, scrotal circumference morning and scrotal circumference afternoon were significantly (p  <  0.05) larger in CON while smaller in COS rams. The higher testicular length was recorded both during morning (p  <  0.05) and afternoon (p  <  0.01) in COS rams while the lowest in NUS rams. The highest plasma @entity251 concentration was recorded in CON and lowest in COS rams. Semen volume and mass motility also differed significantly (p  <  0.05) between the groups. The highest semen volume and mass motility was recorded in CON and NUS while lowest in both @entity5441 and COS rams. It can be concluded from this study that when two stressors occur simultaneously, they may have severe impact on reproductive performance of rams.

Impact of XXXX , nutritional restriction and combined stresses (heat and nutritional) on growth and reproductive performance of Malpura rams under semi-arid tropical environment.

@entity5441 :: ('MESH:D017681', 'Disease') :: ['HES'] @entity251 :: ('MESH:D013739', 'Chemical') :: ['testosterone'] @entity8291 :: ('MESH:D018882', 'Disease') :: ['heat stress']
@entity8291 :: (MESH:D018882,Disease) :: ['heat stress']
