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## Abstract Chronic heat stress (HS) is a major concern affecting pig growth performance and metabolism, with potential consequences on carcass and meat quality traits. The objective of this study was to assess the influence of prenatal (PE) and growing (GE) thermal environments, and their combination, on muscle metabolism, carcass characteristics, and pork quality. From 6 to 109 d of gestation, 12 sows (1 per block) were kept under thermoneutral (TN) conditions (cyclic 18 to 24 °C; PTN) and 12 sows under chronic HS (cyclic 28 to 34 °C; PHS). Two female offspring per sow were selected based on body weight at weaning, for a total of 48 female pigs (12 blocks of 2 sisters from each PE), and one sister was placed in each GE. Gilts were housed from 82 to 140 d of age under cyclic GTN (18 to 24 °C; n = 24) or GHS (28 to 34 °C; n = 24) environments. Data were analyzed using a mixed model including PE, GE, and PE × GE interaction as main effects, and sire, sow within PE, pen within PE × GE, and slaughter day (for plasma, muscle, and meat traits) as random effects. No significant PE × GE interaction was found on any trait under study (P ≥ 0.05). Prenatal HS did not affect growth performanc

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Author

Bénédicte Lebret; Aira Maye Serviento; David Renaudeau

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)