“…In sheep, Eustáquio Filho et al (2011) observed that temperature of 25 °C and relative air humidity of 65% maximized production and productivity in Santa Inês breed, and animals kept at temperatures above the thermal comfort zone (TCZ) might have difficulty eliminating the excessive load, consequently increasing the rectal and skin temperature (ST) and the respiratory and cardiac rate (Queiroz et al, 2015;Titto et al, 2016;Furtado et al, 2017;Seixas, Melo, Tanure, Peripoli, & McManus, 2017). Thermal stress causes several changes in animal physiology, including a reduction in feed efficiency and intake and disturbances in water, protein, energy, and mineral balance, limiting animal production and reproduction (Marai, El-Darawany, Fadiel, & Abdel-Hafez, 2007).…”