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Much of the pertinent biochemistry and physiology of the Porcine Stress Syndrome has been defined but a number of key problems have yet to be solved. For example, we do not know why individuals differ in their threshold of sensitivity to stressors, exactly how muscle activity is triggered under these circumstances and why some animals may quickly recover from such stimuli and others may not. Neither is it completly clear how sensitivity to stressors and body composition are linked. There is, however, good evidence that the sympathetic nervous system and the catecholamines of the adrenal medulla are essential elements in all of this.
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Lister, D. (1987). The Physiology and Biochemistry of the Porcine Stress Syndrome. 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_1
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