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Research Progress on the Effect of Heat Stress on Meat Quality and its Mechanism in Pigs

FENG Yue-jin, GU Xian-hong   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2012-08-09 Online:2013-02-20 Published:2013-02-06

Abstract: During the process of pigs breeding, heat stress would alter the physiological function of pigs, change the biochemical characters of pork and debase the meat quality. Therefore, it is extremely significant to study the mechanism of the changes in meat quality caused by heat stress for practical production. The effect of heat stress on meat quality in pigs is reviewed in this paper, and the mechanism of the changes in meat quality is analyzed from the body metabolic changes. This review provides a new idea for the further study the relationship between heat stress and meat quality.

Key words: heat stress; pigs; meat quality; mechanism

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