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Heat stress and ram fertility: What you need to know this breeding season

Ram fertility testing could be a valuable tool ahead of this year's breeding season as heat stress this summer could have impacted fertility in breeding stock

Farmers Guardian
clock 鈥� 4 min read
In some cases, heat stress can cause damage to the DNA of rams' sperm.
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In some cases, heat stress can cause damage to the DNA of rams' sperm.

When it comes to flock fertility attention often focuses on the ewes, however, rams play an equally important role. One sub fertile tup can affect dozens of ewes and have a serious knock-on effect...

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