Mechanism of continuous high temperature affecting growth performance, meat quality, and muscle biochemical properties of finishing pigs

ConclusionBoth high temperature and reduced feed intake affected growth performance and meat quality. Apart from the effects of reducing feed intake, high temperature per se negatively downregulated cell cycle and upregulated heat stress response. High temperature also decreased the energy or catabolic metabolism level through PPAR signaling pathway.

Source: Genes and Nutrition - July 23, 2019 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research