Jaewoo An, Yongju Kim, Minho Song, Jungseok Choi, Won Yun, Hanjin Oh, Seyeon Chang, Youngbin Go, Dongcheol Song, Hyunah Cho, Sanghun Park, Yuna Kim, Yunhwan Park, Gyutae Park, Sehyuk Oh, Jinho Cho
There are several factors that affect the welfare and meat quality of pigs during pre-slaughter transport. Among various factors, the effects of weather conditions and loading density were studied. A total of 3,726 finishing pigs were allotted to one of nine groups arranged in a 3 × 3 factorial design according to the weather conditions (low temperature [LT], under 10°C; normal temperature [NT], 10°C-24°C; high temperature [HT], upper 24°C), and loading density (low density [LD], upper 0...
November 2023: Journal of Animal Science and Technology