Joaquin Llorente De Frutos

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Swine technical director

Nutreco iberia

2023 - Present

Pork Product Manager

Trouw Nutrition Spain

2015 - 2023

How to combat heat stress in pigs

Pigs are particularly vulnerable to heat stress due to their limited ability to dissipate body heat and genetic selection for higher productivity, which has reduced their heat tolerance. Improved technical results increase heat production, and today's lines produce 30% more heat than those in the 1980s.