The Effect of Heat Stress on Respiratory Alkalosis and Insulin Sensitivity in Cinnamon Supplemented Pigs

摘要

The response to heat stress (HS) in pigs, like other species includes increasing insulin sensitivity. In this experiment the effects of cinnamon on increasing insulin sensitivity in the HS pig was investigated. The scope of the work was that while cinnamon increased insulin sensitivity overall or in thermoneutral (TN) pigs, no interaction with HS was observed. Consequently, with the exception of intestinal epithelia resistance, no improvement in parameters of HS was observed.