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A direct calorimeter for the continuous recording of heat loss from groups of growing pigs over long periods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

L. E. Mount ,
C. W. Holmes ,
I. B. Start  and
A. J. Legg
L. E. Mount
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
C. W. Holmes
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
I. B. Start
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
A. J. Legg
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
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1. A large direct calorimeter in the form of a pig: pen, with sleeping and dunging areas, is described. Groups of pigs can live in it for the whole fattening period, while sensible and evaporative heat lossesare measured continuously.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , February 1967 , pp. 47 - 55
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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