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This research compared the short-term thermoregulatory, metabolic, and multi-tissue transcriptomic adjustments of Naemi and Harri lambs exposed to acute heat stress. Forty male lambs (Naemi, Harri) were subjected to a 180-min exposure to either thermoneutral (25.0\u202f\u00b0C Ta, 38.0% RH) or severe acute heat-stress (50.0\u202f\u00b0C Ta, 13.2% RH) conditions in a controlled environmental chamber using a repeated-measures mixed-model approach. Thermophysiological kinetics, serum biochemistry, and relative mRNA expression of protective and metabolic genes (\n                    <jats:italic>HSP70<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>HSP90<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>PKM2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>SCARB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>FGA<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) in hepatic, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissues were evaluated after exposure. Acute heat stress induced a severe hyperthermic challenge without animal mortality. Harri lambs prioritized homeothermic defense through an intense, energy-demanding respiratory cooling response (panting). This active effort was accompanied by increased circulating glucose, triglycerides, and \u03b2-hydroxybutyrate, along with a concurrent increase in hepatic and muscle\n                    <jats:italic>SCARB1<\/jats:italic>\n                    transcript abundance. In contrast, Naemi lambs showed a distinct homeostatic buffering response through transient heterothermy and elevated baseline mRNA expression levels of the heat shock protein\n                    <jats:italic>HSP90<\/jats:italic>\n                    in hepatic tissue and\n                    <jats:italic>HSP70<\/jats:italic>\n                    in muscle tissue. Additionally, Naemi lambs showed a substantial, tissue-specific increase in\n                    <jats:italic>FGA<\/jats:italic>\n                    transcripts in subcutaneous adipose tissue, reflecting a localized transcriptional response within the fat tail matrix. These findings provide an integrated view of acute heat-stress coping patterns in two indigenous Saudi sheep breeds and provide exploratory target pathways. Because behavioral patterns, endocrine stress pathways, oxidative stress indicators, and functional protein validations were not performed, these findings represent macro-physiological and transcript-level profiles rather than a comprehensive welfare assessment or definitive functional validation.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fvets.2026.1901604","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,10]],"date-time":"2026-09-10T04:28:39Z","timestamp":1789014519000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Breed-specific physiological, biochemical, and tissue transcript responses of Harri and Naemi lambs to acute heat stress"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Nasif I.","family":"Abbas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University","place":["Riyadh, Saudi 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