A review of feed efficiency in swine: biology and application
JF Patience, MC Rossoni-Serão… - Journal of animal science …, 2015 - Springer
Feed efficiency represents the cumulative efficiency with which the pig utilizes dietary
nutrients for maintenance, lean gain and lipid accretion. It is closely linked with energy …
nutrients for maintenance, lean gain and lipid accretion. It is closely linked with energy …
Adaptation to hot climate and strategies to alleviate heat stress in livestock production
D Renaudeau, A Collin, S Yahav, V De Basilio… - Animal, 2012 - cambridge.org
Despite many challenges faced by animal producers, including environmental problems,
diseases, economic pressure, and feed availability, it is still predicted that animal production …
diseases, economic pressure, and feed availability, it is still predicted that animal production …
Impacts of 1.5 C global warming on natural and human systems
This Report responds to the invitation for IPCC?... to provide a Special Report in 2018 on the
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …
impacts of global warming of 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels and related global …
Heat stress in pigs and broilers: role of gut dysbiosis in the impairment of the gut-liver axis and restoration of these effects by probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics
R Ringseis, K Eder - Journal of animal science and biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Heat stress is one of the most challenging stressors for animal production due to high
economic losses resulting from impaired animal's productivity, health and welfare. Despite …
economic losses resulting from impaired animal's productivity, health and welfare. Despite …
Heat stress adaptations in pigs
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Thermoregulation mechanisms and perspectives for validating thermal windows in pigs with hypothermia and hyperthermia: An overview
Specific anatomical characteristics make the porcine species especially sensitive to extreme
temperature changes, predisposing them to pathologies and even death due to thermal …
temperature changes, predisposing them to pathologies and even death due to thermal …
Physiological consequences of heat stress in pigs
Heat stress negatively influences the global pork industry and undermines genetic,
nutritional, management and pharmaceutical advances in management, feed and …
nutritional, management and pharmaceutical advances in management, feed and …
[HTML][HTML] What have we learned about the effects of heat stress on the pig industry?
Pig production faces seasonal fluctuations. The low farrowing rate of sows mated in summer,
increased carcass fatness of progeny born to the sows mated in summer, and slower growth …
increased carcass fatness of progeny born to the sows mated in summer, and slower growth …
The genetics of thermoregulation in pigs: A review
JL Gourdine, WM Rauw, H Gilbert… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Heat stress (HS) affects pig performance, health and welfare, resulting in a financial burden
to the pig industry. Pigs have a limited number of functional sweat glands and their …
to the pig industry. Pigs have a limited number of functional sweat glands and their …
Dietary organic zinc attenuates heat stress–induced changes in pig intestinal integrity and metabolism
SC Pearce, MV Sanz Fernandez… - Journal of Animal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Dietary zinc (inorganic and organic or zinc AA complex forms) is essential for normal
intestinal barrier function and regeneration of intestinal epithelium. Given that heat stress …
intestinal barrier function and regeneration of intestinal epithelium. Given that heat stress …