Environmental temperature and serum cortisol levels In growing-finishing pigs
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https://doi.org/10.11606/S1413-95962008000700019Keywords:
Swine, Cortisol concentration, Heat stressAbstract
Thirty-six castrated males and females Landrace x Large-White pigs (74 to 149 days of age) were randomly allotted to two environmental conditions: high temperature in a climatic chamber (HT; 22.2 to 32.8 ºC) and comfort temperature in a conventional shed (CT; 17.6 to 26.6 ºC), with night-and-day variations. Blood samples were weekly collected from animals of both HT and CT conditions for determination of serum cortisol levels. Cortisol levels of both sexes were not different, and there was no interaction with environmental temperature. Pigs of HT showed significantly higher average cortisol level (P<0.01) than the CT ones (7.06 and 4.82 mg/dL, respectively). Increasing in serum cortisol was continuous and linear (P<0.05) during the experimental period, suggesting the cortisol as a possible indicator of the heat stress in growing-finishing pigs.Downloads
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2008-12-01
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Fagundes ACA, Negrão JA, Silva RG da, Gomes JDF, Souza LW de O, Fukushima RS. Environmental temperature and serum cortisol levels In growing-finishing pigs. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2008 Dec. 1 [cited 2024 May 2];45(supl.):136-40. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26741