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Animal husbandry
Priyanka M. Kittur1*, Radhika A. N.2 Apeksha Ukey1 and Yallappa M. Somagond1
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Effect of heat and cold stress in swine production and its amelioration
सूअर उत्पादन में गर्मी और ठंड के तनाव का प्रभाव और उसका सुधार
At every stage of the production cycle of pigs, abiotic stresses like heat stress and cold stress severely impairs efficiency. Heat stress is one of the largest economic barriers to the pork industry. Pigs are mainly sensitive to heat stress because they lack functional sweat glands and in spite of decades of intense genetic selection and having a thick layer of subcutaneous adipose tissue that acts as an effective insulation layer.
Over the past several decades, the swine industry has prioritised production efficiency and hence, has achieved rapid...
