ANSC 4100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gestation Crate, Nest Box, Dust Bathing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Animal Science
• Course: ANSC 4100
• Professor: Vern Osborne

Document Summary

Enhanced / aviary / alternaive cages: broiler producion. Heart rates (beats/min) in avians: adult chicken, adult turkey, adult duck, adult goose, quail, canary. Heart rate ranges for swine: rest = 70-120 beats/min, exercise = 200-280 beats/min, newborn/younger = 230 beats/min. Body temperature: average = 39. 2 c, range = 38. 7-39. 8 c. Blood volume: body weight = 120kg, heart weight = 0. 73kg (730g, blood volume = 9. 6kg or 9,600ml. Heat stress is the biggest issue for grower- inisher. For piglets, need extra heat, but once on milk, they are quite resilient with the cold. Conducive heat loss for the pig, use of wallowing as a heat loss strategy. Space requirements loor area requirements m2: sows and boars, lactaing sow and liter, hot nursery (5-15kg, cold nursery (5-15kg, growing pigs (35-70kg, finishing pigs (70-90kg) Housing systems: farrowing crates: purpose / advantage. To minimize exposure to disease: general design.