(Note: Mariah Nondorf from Purdue University finished in 1st place in the 2020 ICoMST and RMC Master Research Competition in the Muscle Biology/Fresh Meat Quality Master Section in August 2020.)
Postnatal heat stress costs the U.S. livestock industry approximately $2 billion annually (St-Pierre et al., 2003), with about $1 billion attributed to swine specifically (Pollman et al., 2010).