An assessment of heat stress status in pigs and adaptation options in Lira district Uganda

There is limited attention to impacts of climate change on pigs in Uganda by stakeholders despite the potential vulnerability of pigs to climate change, especially heat stress. Pigs are very sensitive to heat stress as they do not have functioning sweat glands (as other livestock species do) and hav...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Zaake, Paul
Format:	Tesis
Language:	Inglés
Published:	University of Nairobi 2018
Subjects:	climate change cambio climático swine production livelihoods livestock smallholder heat stress
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99515