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How to combat heat stress in pigs

With summer temperatures rising, farmers are being warned not to dismiss heat stress in pigs as a foreign problem. Hannah Noble reports.

28 May 2020 鈥� 6 min read

With summer temperatures rising, farmers are being warned not to dismiss heat stress in pigs as a foreign problem. Hannah Noble reports. Heat stress can have a marked impact on sows and finishing pigs...

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