Effects of Heat Stress and Plane of Nutrition on Metabolism in Growing Pigs

Reduced feed intake alone does not explain the changes in performance of pigs weighing around 35kg, according to researchers at Iowa State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Heat-stressed pigs had distinctly different post-absorptive bioenergetic variables from the pair-fed controls.
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