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Loggers were placed in the stables and paddocks of stallions to record ambient temperature and humidity, on 3-min cycles. Our results indicate that current management regimens, involving the stabling of stallions at night, with paddock access during the day, expose stallions to highest ambient climatic conditions. Polynomial distributed lag modelling identified 18 stallions whose fertility was adversely affected by heat stress, based on correlations between fertility and ambient climatic conditions (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009\u2264\u20090.05). 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