porcine stress syndrome

BackgroundLosses of slaughter-weight pigs due to transport stress are both welfare and economic concerns to pork producers… Expand

This study explores the biological validation of markers of acute stress in pigs subjected to transportation for slaughter. The… Expand

A whole range of cell functions are regulated by the free cytosolic Ca(2+)concentration. Activator Ca(2+)from the extracellular… Expand

The objectives of this study were to determine whether two preslaughter management treatments, rest and mixing, influence the… Expand

To test the hypothesis that the mutation associated with porcine stress syndrome (PSS; malignant hyperthermia) was present in a… Expand

Pietrain swine homozygous for the hal gene (n) associated with porcine stress syndrome (PSS) and a Pietrain-derivative breed… Expand

In three experiments, the concentrations of indoleamines and catecholamines were measured in the brain regions of pigs that were… Expand

This study examined the effect of stress classification (stress-positive, stress-carrier, stress-negative) of pigs on selected… Expand

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses that porcine stress syndrome (PSS) is characterized by acute death induced by natural… Expand

A total of 66 litters were farrowed in a Yorkshire herd of pigs selected for porcine stress syndrome (PSS) susceptibility. These… Expand