Relationship between wool cortisol, wool quality indices of Australian Merino rams and climatic variables in Tasmania

IntroductionAustralia is the world’s largest producer and exporter of fine wool. External factors (i.e., non-genetic) that affect wool phenotype need to be identified and managed to minimize any negative effects on wool quality. Climatic stress is one external event that can affect wool phenotype, o...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Animal Science
Main Authors:	Troy Cobb, Georgia-Constantina Hantzopoulou, Edward Narayan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Subjects:	merino sheep climatic stress cortisol wool phenotype merino sheep stress merino sheep stress mitigations
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2023.1234343/full