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Leonel Avendaño-Reyes is affiliated with Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur in Mexico. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a total of 104 publications in this field. Within this broad area, they specialize notably in Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Small Animals, Genetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Pharmacological Effects and Assays
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Leonel Avendaño-Reyes has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Ulises Macías-Cruz, Miguel Mellado, Abelardo Correa-Calderón, Ricardo Vicente-Pérez, and José E. García. The most common publication venues where their research appears include Tropical Animal Health and Production, International Journal of Biometeorology, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias, Meat Science, and Journal of Thermal Biology.

Some notable recent papers by this scientist include:

  • Climate change vulnerability of confined livestock systems predicted using bioclimatic indexes in an arid region of México, 2020, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Growth performance and changes in physiological, metabolic and hematological parameters due to outdoor heat stress in hair breed male lambs finished in feedlot, 2021, published in International Journal of Biometeorology
  • Free ferulic acid supplementation of heat-stressed hair ewe lambs: Oxidative status, feedlot performance, carcass traits and meat quality, 2020, published in Meat Science
  • Feedlot growth, carcass characteristics and meat quality of hair breed male lambs exposed to seasonal heat stress (winter vs. summer) in an arid climate, 2020, published in Meat Science
  • Effects of dietary ferulic acid on growth performance, carcass traits and meat quality of heifers, 2020, published in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Additionally, Leonel Avendaño-Reyes has contributed to book publications, including "Un enfoque sistémico en los agronegocios: Oportunidades para el desarrollo rural," published in 2024 by Ediciones Comunicación Científica eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Effects of two β-adrenergic agonists on finishing performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of feedlot steers,

    L. Avendaño-Reyes;V. Torres-Rodríguez;F. J. Meraz-Murillo;C. Pérez-Linares

  • EFFECT OF COOLING HOLSTEIN COWS DURING THE DRY PERIOD ON POSTPARTUM PERFORMANCE UNDER HEAT STRESS CONDITIONS

    L. Avendaño-Reyes;F.D. Alvarez-Valenzuela;A. Correa-Calderón;J.S. Saucedo-Quintero

  • The effects of time and dose of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) on reproductive efficiency in hair sheep ewes

    Juan A. Quintero-Elisea;Ulises Macías-Cruz;Francisco D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;Abelardo Correa-Calderón

  • Crecimiento y características de canal en corderos Pelibuey puros y cruzados F1 con razas Dorper y Katahdin en confinamiento

    U Macías-Cruz;FD Álvarez-Valenzuela;J Rodríguez-García;A Correa-Calderón

  • Effects of seasonal ambient heat stress (spring vs. summer) on physiological and metabolic variables in hair sheep located in an arid region

    U. Macías-Cruz;M. A. López-Baca;R. Vicente;A. Mejía

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and wholesale cut yield of hair-breed ewe lambs consuming feedlot diets under moderate environmental conditions

    L. Avendaño-Reyes;U. Macías-Cruz;F. D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;E. Águila-Tepato

  • The impact of hair coat color on physiological variables, reproductive performance and milk yield of Holstein cows in a hot environment

    F. Anzures-Olvera;F.G. Véliz;A. de Santiago;J.E. García

  • Climate change vulnerability of confined livestock systems predicted using bioclimatic indexes in an arid region of México.

    C. Theusme;L. Avendaño-Reyes;U. Macías-Cruz;A. Correa-Calderón

  • Effect of zilpaterol hydrochloride on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of ewe lambs during heat-stress conditions

    U. Macías-Cruz;F. D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;N. G. Torrentera-Olivera;J. V. Velázquez-Morales

  • Relationships of body surface thermography with core temperature, birth weight and climatic variables in neonatal lambs born during early spring in an arid region.

    R. Vicente-Pérez;R. Vicente-Pérez;L. Avendaño-Reyes;A. Correa-Calderón;M. Mellado

  • Factors associated with neonatal dairy calf mortality in a hot-arid environment

    M. Mellado;E. Lopez;F.G. Veliz;M.A. De Santiago

  • Relationship between accumulated heat stress during the dry period, body condition score, and reproduction parameters of Holstein cows in tropical conditions

    Leonel Avendaño-Reyes;Leonel Avendaño-Reyes;John W. Fuquay;Reuben B. Moore;Zhanglin Liu

  • Comparison of three cooling management systems to reduce heat stress in lactating Holstein cows during hot and dry ambient conditions

    L. Avendaño-Reyes;F.D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;A. Correa-Calderón;A. Algándar-Sandoval

  • Growth performance and changes in physiological, metabolic and hematological parameters due to outdoor heat stress in hair breed male lambs finished in feedlot

    Porfirio Nicolás-López;Ulises Macías-Cruz;Miguel Mellado;Abelardo Correa-Calderón

  • Free ferulic acid supplementation of heat-stressed hair ewe lambs: Oxidative status, feedlot performance, carcass traits and meat quality.

    Karen Mariela Valadez-García;Leonel Avendaño-Reyes;Raúl Díaz-Molina;Miguel Mellado

  • Risk factors for clinical ketosis and association with milk production and reproduction variables in dairy cows in a hot environment.

    M. Mellado;A. Dávila;L. Gaytán;U. Macías-Cruz

  • Effects of free ferulic acid on productive performance, blood metabolites, and carcass characteristics of feedlot finishing ewe lambs

    U. Macías-Cruz;S. Perard;R. Vicente;F. D. Álvarez

  • Heat Stress Management for Milk Production in Arid Zones

    Leonel Avendaño-Reyes

  • Effects of summer heat stress on physiological variables, ovulation and progesterone secretion in Pelibuey ewes under natural outdoor conditions in an arid region

    Ulises Macías-Cruz;Miguel A. Gastélum;Francisco D. Álvarez;Abelardo Correa

  • Climatic conditions, twining and frequency of milking as factors affecting the risk of fetal losses in high-yielding Holstein cows in a hot environment

    Miguel Mellado;Ricardo López;Ángeles de Santiago;Francisco G Veliz

  • Pelibuey Ewe Productivity and Subsequent Pre-weaning Lamb Performance Using Hair-sheep Breeds Under a Confinement System

    U. Macias-Cruz;F. D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;A. Correa-Calderón;L. Molina-Ramírez

  • Physiological and productive responses of multiparous lactating Holstein cows exposed to short-term cooling during severe summer conditions in an arid region of Mexico

    L. Avendaño-Reyes;J. A. Hernández-Rivera;F. D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;U. Macías-Cruz

  • Thermoregulation of nutrient-restricted hair ewes subjected to heat stress during late pregnancy

    U. Macías-Cruz;F.D. Álvarez-Valenzuela;A. Correa-Calderón;R. Díaz-Molina

  • Thermoregulatory response to outdoor heat stress of hair sheep females at different physiological state.

    U. Macías-Cruz;A. Correa-Calderón;M. Mellado;C. A. Meza-Herrera

  • Effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride and soybean oil supplementation on feedlot performance and carcass characteristics of hair-breed ram lambs under heat stress conditions.

    Dávila-Ramírez Jl;Macías-Cruz U;Torrentera-Olivera Ng;González-Ríos H

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesar A. Meza-Herrera
Cesar A. Meza-Herrera Chapingo Autonomous University
P.H. Robinson
P.H. Robinson University of California, Davis
James G. Fadel
James G. Fadel University of California, Davis
Dennis M. Hallford
Dennis M. Hallford New Mexico State University
Juan F. Medrano
Juan F. Medrano University of California, Davis

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