Effect of Climate Change on Animal Health and Production

Global climate change is one of the most pressing issues the world is currently dealing with. In emerging nations, the agricultural and livestock industries are some of the most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change has multiple effects on livestock welfare. It is now understood that animal production and health suffer significantly as a result of psychological stress. In reaction to changing environmental conditions and shifting interactions among hosts, reservoirs, vectors, and pathogens, the epidemiology of infectious diseases is constantly changing. The diseases have a cascading influence on the affected mammals' productivity. In contrast to other consequences that have a much more significant economic impact on livestock production, increased animal mortality only accounts for a small part of the overall effects of many diseases. The thermal neutral zone is a spectrum of ambient environmental temperatures shared by all animals. This is the temperature range that promotes health and productivity.