Equipment and buildings are expensive, and the swine producer usually has to live with the consequences of a major investment for a long time. The objective of this handbook is to provide planners and producers with guidelines and descriptions of systems and components that meet the design goals for housing pigs from weaning to twelve weeks of age. The chapters in this comprehensive book discuss housing and management options, building layout and equipment, manure handling systems, environmental control systems, utilities, and safety. The book includes more than fifty drawings and photographs of building layouts and equipment, including typical configurations for manure handling systems and designs for environmental control systems. Incorporated into the text are more than a dozen tables providing detail about subjects such as recommended pen space and recommended mechanical ventilating and air exchange rates for nursery pigs.
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