Three sibling pairs of six-month old boars of each of four breeding groups (Yorkshire, Poland, China and the reciprocal crosses) were maintained in an area held at or below 21.5°C with a 12-hour daily light cycle. After a three month acclimation period, a randomly selected boar of each pair was subjected to 33°C, 50% RH for 72 hours. Semen was collected from each boar once during the treatment and every fourth day for 64 days post-treatment (PT). There were significant (p < 0.05) decreases in sperm concentration per ml, and total sperm number. The inverse of the methylene blue reduction time and the per cent motile sperm and total motile sperm in the ejaculate were significantly decreased (p < 0.01). The percentages of primary and secondary morphologically abnormal spermatozoa were increased significantly (p < 0.01). Maximal pair differences occurred at days 28 to 32 PT; all had returned to pretreatment levels by day 64 PT.