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New app can help swine producers ward off heat stress

06/21/23 6:06 AM By Jana Rose Schleis
KEYWORDS Agricultural Research Service ARS Livestock Behavior Research Unit heat stress hogs HotHog Jay Johnson Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Purdue University swine University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
HotHog, a smartphone application developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and a team of university scientists, analyzes levels of heat stress hogs might be facing and recommends corresponding cooling measures.
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Jana Rose Schleis
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