Stress susceptibility in pigs selected for muscling

Stress susceptibility in pigs selected for muscling

Wheat, J.D.; Kropf, D.H.; Hines, R.H.

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Publication Date: 1977

Conference: Swine Day, Manhattan, KS, November 10, 1977
Starting Page: 42, Ending Page: 43
Publisher: Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service

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Abstract:

Duroc swine selected for muscling seemingly are more susceptible to stress than are ordinary pigs. The highly significant difference in serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels (an average score of 30.07) in those pigs and levels (18.88) in control-line pigs indicates that pigs selected for increased muscling are more susceptible to stress because exercise causes CPK levels to be proportionately higher in their blood serum than would be the case were the pigs not under stress.

Keywords: Swine; Stress; Muscling; Creatine phosphokinase (CPK)

URL for this item: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4007