Effect of Slatted Floor Area on Ammonia Emission and on the Excretory and Lying Behaviour of Growing Pigs

✍ Scribed by A.J.A. Aarnink; A.J. van den Berg; A. Keen; P. Hoeksma; M.W.A. Verstegen

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 310 KB
• Volume: 64
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8634
• DOI: 10.1006/jaer.1996.0071

✦ Synopsis

The ef fect was investigated of the area of slatted floor on ammonia emission and the excretory and lying behaviour of pigs in rooms for rearing and fattening . Climate-controlled rooms had 25% or 50% of the pen floor area slatted . Ammonia concentrations Dec . -March May -Aug . 104 104 1 1 2 2 * The measuring period was the same as the growing period . † See Fig . 1 for the position of the dif ferent rooms .

2 . 2 . Animals and feeding 2 . 2 . 1 . Rearing pigs Twelve groups of 40 rearing pigs [Large White ϫ (Large White ϫ Dutch Landrace)] approximately