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McGlone, J.J., Salak, J.L., Lumpkin, E.A., Nicholson, R.I., Gibson, M.L. and Norman, R.L. (1993) Shipping Stress and Social Status Effects on Pig Performance, Plasma Cortisol, Natural Killer Cell Activity, and Leukocyte Numbers. Journal of Animal Science, 71, 888-896.
https://doi.org/10.2527/1993.714888x

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• TITLE: Pig Social Status and Chronic Cold or Crowd Stressors Differentially Impacted Immune Response

  AUTHORS: Janeen L. Salak-Johnson, Sherrie R. Webb

  KEYWORDS: Cold, Immune, Pigs, Social Status, Stress

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.8 No.3, July 13, 2018

  ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of 4-day of cold and crowding stressors and social status on pig immune responsiveness to these stressors. Three unfamiliar white crossbred female pigs were mixed and assigned to ambient temperatures of either 8°C (COLD) or 22°C (control; TN) and floor-space of either 0.26 m2/pig (reduced, CROWD) or 0.45 m2/pig (adequate, CONT) over six blocks (n = 72). Pigs were identified as dominant (DOM), intermediate (INT), or submissive (SUB) based on aggressive encounters that occurred during the first 24-h post-mixing. There were no interactive effects of temperature × floor-space on immune indices. There was social status × stressor for body weight, natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity and phagocytosis (P P P