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The influence of environmental temperature and plane of nutrition on heat losses from individual pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. H. Close
W. H. Close
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
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Summary

1. The total rate of heat loss from individual pigs (20 to 40 kg body weight) was measured over 6-hr periods in a small heat sink calorimeter at 7°, 20° and 30°C, with feeding levels of 34, 39, 45 and 52 g/kg body weight per day.

2. Total heat loss at 7°C was significantly greater than at 20° or 30°C; there was no significant difference in heat loss between temperatures of 20° and 30°C.

3. Heat loss per m2 of body surface was independent of feeding level at 7°C. At 20°C, heat loss on the high feeding level was significantly greater than that on the low level, and at 30°C heat loss on both the low and medium feeding levels was significantly greater than that on the very low level.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 1971 , pp. 295 - 302
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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