Heat stress is not only an environmental issue

The challenge of heat stress is a complex one, and the best way to tackle it is to seek a range of solutions rather than just one. That is why an approach revolving around animal and environmental management should be supplemented by a nutritional strategy. Pigs are sensitive to heat stress as they are homeothermic animals and have few sweat glands and small lungs. In addition, the focus in genetics for many years has been on increasing performance instead of animals’ resistance and adaptatio