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Hot weather effects on swine: Controlled air temperatures and relative humidity aid in study of weight gains and well being of hogs

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Hubert Heitman, Experiment Station, Davis.
E. H. Hughes, Experiment Station, Davis.

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California Agriculture 3(11):5-12.

Published November 01, 1949

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Environmental temperatures of approximately 75° F for hogs weighing 70 to 144 pounds and 60° F for hogs between 166 and 260 pounds were the temperatures under which experimental swine at Davis made the largest daily gain and required the least amount of feed to produce 100 pounds of gain when the temperature was kept constant.

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This is a coöperative experiment between the U.S.D.A. and the Divisions of Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, University of California.

Hot weather effects on swine: Controlled air temperatures and relative humidity aid in study of weight gains and well being of hogs

Hubert Heitman, E. H. Hughes
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Hot weather effects on swine: Controlled air temperatures and relative humidity aid in study of weight gains and well being of hogs

California Agriculture > Volume 3 > Number 11  > research article 

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Share using any of the popular social networks Share by sending an email Print article
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Authors

Hubert Heitman, Experiment Station, Davis.
E. H. Hughes, Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

California Agriculture 3(11):5-12.

Published November 01, 1949

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Author Affiliations show

Abstract

Environmental temperatures of approximately 75° F for hogs weighing 70 to 144 pounds and 60° F for hogs between 166 and 260 pounds were the temperatures under which experimental swine at Davis made the largest daily gain and required the least amount of feed to produce 100 pounds of gain when the temperature was kept constant.

Full text

Full text is available in PDF.

Author notes

This is a coöperative experiment between the U.S.D.A. and the Divisions of Agricultural Engineering and Animal Husbandry, University of California.

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