Integrated Genomic Approaches to Characterize and Mitigate Heat Stress in Poultry
Date
2024-10-30
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Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
Abstract
With the burgeoning human population, climate change, and expansion of poultry production in hot climates, it is imperative to aid global food security by enhancing the resilience of thermally challenged poultry. As a complement to management approaches used to mitigate heat stress, we give selected examples of recent studies on heat stress in poultry using various omics technologies. An integrated analysis of positional and functional candidate genes is provided, highlighting the most prominent pathways involved in the heat stress response. We finish by discussing efficient strategies to enhance thermal tolerance of poultry by genomics approaches, advocating for preservation of biodiversity that may provide beneficial allelic variation, and identifying current and future challenges in producing climate-resilient poultry.
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This article was originally published in Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102021.
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Keywords
heat stress, poultry, genomics, resilience, gene editing
Citation
Schmidt, Carl J., and Susan J. Lamont. “Integrated Genomic Approaches to Characterize and Mitigate Heat Stress in Poultry.” Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 13, no. 1 (February 18, 2025): 121–41. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-111523-102021.