Naslov
Optimization of animal welfare in pig fattening objects during summer

Autori
Pačajová, Zuzana ; Venglovsky, Jan ; Petrovsky, Milan ; Plachá, Ivana ; Elečko, Jelena ; Sasakova, Nada ; Vučemilo, Marija ; Tofant, Alenka

Izvornik
Stočarstvo : časopis za unapređenje stočarstva (0351-0832) 58 (2004), 3; 201-208

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
environment; microclimatic factors; microbial contamination

Sažetak
Providing optimum parameters of the living environment is one of the presuppositions having favourable effects upon the thermoregulatory system in pigs and thus also upon the health state of the animals and the overall results of pig breeding. Temperature as the most important environmental factor in the piggery is influenced by relative humidity and air flow. There is a close correlation between humidity and temperature. Our results show that in 28, 25% and 56.4% of time interior temperatures in (14-22° C) and relative humidity (50-75 %) oscillated in the optimum range, respectively. Throughout the observation period the total counts of microbes contaminating the air in the piggery ranged between l.04x104 and 1.38x105 CFU per m of air whereas coliform cts oscillated between 1.57x102 and 1.57x103 CFU per m of air. Based on the measurements carried out in our experiments it can be stated that in pig fattening objects relatively favourable microbiological indices could be achieved under non-standard physical conditions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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