articles about temperature in Abstracts

The use of cortisone and the estimation of 11β-HSD type 2 activity in hair is recommended instead of using hair cortisol concentrations alone.

Cool cell pads improved pig well-being by providing more cooling than sprinklers but pig performance was unaffected.

Drier conditions substantially increased the use of bait sites by wild pigs.

A reduction of dietary crude protein in finishing pigs during summer conditions does not affect performance and carcass quality.

A high level of dietary fiber diminishes the adverse effects of heat stress during the gestation period.

Thermography coupled with Artificial Intelligence systems can help identify and orient the diagnosis of symptomatic animals to prompt adequate reaction at the earliest time.

These results suggest electric-heated mats and heat lamps were comparable in maintaining the performance and postural behaviors of piglets.

The proposed equations can be used for modeling ammonia concentrations and to improve animal welfare and productivity.

Cooled floor pads combined with chilled drinking water did not affect sow behavior, but did alleviate heat stress partially.

The thermal comfort zone of sows may be narrower than current recommendations indicate.

Grow-finish pigs located in peripheral pens had greater body temperatures and reduced gain-to-feed ratios despite similarities in pen ambient temperature and relative humidity between all pens.

The stress conditions with the highest accuracy in the detection were cold and thirst. Infrared skin temperature is a promising assessment of stress conditions.

Conductive cooling pads have the potential to cool swine under both high temperature and high humidity conditions.

High temperatures around farrowing (25°C) compromise crated sows' welfare, with a potential negative impact on offspring performance.

Results suggest that drinker type can affect water disappearance rates; further research is needed to quantify the amount of water wastage.

The objective was to compare tunnel ventilated finishing barns with cool cell pads (PAD) or without (CONTROL) for barn climate and pig temperature.