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Impacts of in Utero Heat Stress on Carcass and Meat Quality Traits of Market Weight Gilts

SIMPLE SUMMARY: This study evaluated the effects of exposure of the porcine fetus to in utero heat stress (IUHS) during the first half of gestation on carcass and meat quality attributes when market weight was reached. Pigs exposed to IUHS had lower head and heart weights at slaughter compared to th...

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Autores principales: Tuell, Jacob R., Nondorf, Mariah J., Maskal, Jacob M., Johnson, Jay S., Kim, Yuan H. Brad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800814
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11030717