Tag: heat tolerance
New paper: Live yeast improves pigs’ resistance to heat stress
According to a paper published in the British Journal of Nutrition, the live yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii CNCM I-1079 improves pigs’ resistance to heat...
Nutritional adjustments under heat stress in poultry production
High ambient temperature is one of the most common stressors in commercial poultry production, resulting in reduced feed intake and body weight gain, and...
Animal science turns to advancing resilience for heat tolerance
Several research groups across the world are researching the challenge of enhancing the resilience of livestock to climatic variability and change. Understanding adaptive mechanisms...