Heat Stress: Impacts on Sheep Reproductive Performance with Dr William van Wettere

This week on the podcast we’re discussing heat stress during mating and pregnancy with Dr William van Wettere. Heat stress is classed as anything over 32°C, which can disrupt fertility in ewes, semen quality in rams and embryonic development in lambs, so it has an overarching effect on all aspects of reproduction. Mark and Will start by discussing the effects of heat stress on ewes. Trials show that heat stress affects ewes most in the five days leading up to ovulation and the first five da...