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Economic Risk Assessment by Weather-Related Heat Stress Indices for Confined Livestock Buildings: A Case Study for Fattening Pigs in Central Europe

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  • Günther Schauberger

    (WG Environmental Health, Unit for Physiology and Biophysics, University of Veterinary Medicine, A 1210 Vienna, Austria)

  • Martin Schönhart

    (Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A 1180 Vienna, Austria)

  • Werner Zollitsch

    (Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A 1180 Vienna, Austria)

  • Stefan J. Hörtenhuber

    (Division of Livestock Sciences, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A 1180 Vienna, Austria)

  • Leopold Kirner

    (University College for Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy, A 1130 Vienna, Austria)

  • Christian Mikovits

    (WG Environmental Health, Unit for Physiology and Biophysics, University of Veterinary Medicine, A 1210 Vienna, Austria
    Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, A 1180 Vienna, Austria)

  • Johannes Baumgartner

    (Institute of Animal Welfare Science, University of Veterinary Medicine, A 1210 Vienna, Austria)

  • Martin Piringer

    (Department of Environmental Meteorology, Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, A 1190 Vienna, Austria)

  • Werner Knauder

    (Department of Environmental Meteorology, Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, A 1190 Vienna, Austria)

  • Ivonne Anders

    (German Climate Computing Centre DKRZ, D 20416 Hamburg, Germany
    Department for Climatology, Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, A 1190 Vienna, Austria)

  • Konrad Andre

    (Department for Climatology, Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics, A 1190 Vienna, Austria)

  • Isabel Hennig-Pauka

    (Field Station for Epidemiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, D 49456 Hannover, Germany)

Abstract

In the last decades, farm animals kept in confined and mechanically ventilated livestock buildings have been increasingly confronted with heat stress (HS) due to global warming. These adverse conditions cause a depression of animal health and welfare and a reduction of the performance up to an increase in mortality. To facilitate sound management decisions, livestock farmers need relevant arguments, which quantify the expected economic risk and the corresponding uncertainty. The economic risk was determined for the pig fattening sector based on the probability of HS and the calculated decrease in gross margin. The model calculation for confined livestock buildings showed that HS indices calculated by easily available meteorological parameters can be used for assessment quantification of indoor HS, which has been difficult to determine. These weather-related HS indices can be applied not only for an economic risk assessment but also for weather-index based insurance for livestock farms. Based on the temporal trend between 1981 and 2017, a simple model was derived to assess the likelihood of HS for 2020 and 2030. Due to global warming, the return period for a 90-percentile HS index is reduced from 10 years in 2020 to 3–4 years in 2030. The economic impact of HS on livestock farms was calculated by the relationship between an HS index based on the temperature-humidity index (THI) and the reduction of gross margin. From the likelihood of HS and this economic impact function, the probability of the economic risk was determined. The reduction of the gross margin for a 10-year return period was determined for 1980 with 0.27 € per year per animal place and increased by 20-fold to 5.13 € per year per animal place in 2030.

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  • Günther Schauberger & Martin Schönhart & Werner Zollitsch & Stefan J. Hörtenhuber & Leopold Kirner & Christian Mikovits & Johannes Baumgartner & Martin Piringer & Werner Knauder & Ivonne Anders & Konr, 2021. "Economic Risk Assessment by Weather-Related Heat Stress Indices for Confined Livestock Buildings: A Case Study for Fattening Pigs in Central Europe," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(2), pages 1-22, February.
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