ArticleJournal of animal science and biotechnology2022
A behavior and physiology-based decision support tool to predict thermal comfort and stress in non-pregnant, mid-gestation, and late-gestation sows.
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- Effects of microclimate during transport on physiological indicators of market pig welfare: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Pooled it
- Multi-Omics Analysis of Chronic Heat Stress-Induced Biological Effects, Liver Injury, and Heat Tolerance Mechanisms via Oxidative and Anti-Inflammatory Pathways in Early-Pregnancy Sows.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Characterizing the effects of gestational heat stress on reproductive efficiency and thermoregulation in replacement gilts divergently selected for thermotolerance in the F1 generation.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Determining the optimal macroenvironment temperature to house lactating sows and their litters.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Heat stress matters: insights from United States swine producers.Translational animal science · 2025Article
- Genetic background of behavior traits in lactating sows under heat-stress conditions and their relationship with heat tolerance and maternal performance traits.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough thermal indices have been proposed for swine, none to our knowledge differentiate by reproductive stage or predict thermal comfort using behavioral and physiological data. The study objective was to develop a behavior and physiology-based decision support tool to predict thermal comfort and stress in multiparous (3.28 ± 0.81) non-pregnant (n = 11), mid-gestation (n = 13), and late-gestation (n = 12) sows.
resultsRegression analyses were performed using PROC MIXED in SAS 9.4 to determine the optimal environmental indicator [dry bulb temperature (T
conclusionsThe results of this study provide valuable information about thermal comfort and thermal stress thresholds in sows at three reproductive stages. The development of a behavior and physiology-based decision support tool to predict thermal comfort and stress in non-pregnant, mid-gestation, and late-gestation sows is expected to provide swine producers with a more accurate means of managing sow environments.
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