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As a pathological condition resulting in higher mortality rates from exposure to environmental stressors, the porcine stress syndrome (PSS) has obvious implications for animal welfare in intensive pig husbandry. There is now good evidence to suggest that this condition appears as a consequence of an excessive environmental pressure on a sensitive animal. Malignant hyperthermia is an extreme example of individual sensitivity. Although the control of PSS can be achieved by breeding programs that consider stress-susceptibility as a selection character, this should not deter the identification and correction of stressful environmental factors in intensive pig husbandry.
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Mormede, P., Dantzer, R. (1987). Implications of the Porcine Stress Syndrome for Animal Welfare. In: Tarrant, P.V., Eikelenboom, G., Monin, G. (eds) Evaluation and Control of Meat Quality in Pigs. Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3301-9_8
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