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The value of electrically warmed floors for fattening pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

R. S. Barber ,
R. Braude  and
K. G. Mitchell
R. S. Barber
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading
R. Braude
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading
K. G. Mitchell
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading
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1. Three experiments are described in which the value of electrically warmed floors for fattening pigs, aged 9 weeks or more at the start of the trials, was determined.

2. Under the conditions of the experiments, no benefit was obtained either in live-weight gain or efficiency of food utilization by the provision of artificial floor warming.

3. Data relating to the effect on floor surface temperatures of ambient inside temperature, electrical warming, provision of straw and the pigs themselves were presented.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , June 1955 , pp. 31 - 36
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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Braude, R. & Mitchell, K. G. (1950–1951). J. Minist. Agric. 57, 501.Google Scholar