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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 November 2017
An increasing national demand for water coupled with a greater awareness of its potential for environmental pollution has augmented the concern generated by the relatively large quantities wasted on pig farms. Moreover, in the present financial climate this waste represents a useful source of cost saving, through the prospect of reduced supply, storage and disposal expenditure.
Several factors are understood to influence the use of water by pigs. Earlier studies at Seale-Hayne (Gill, Brooks and Carpenter, 1986), showed that scale fed pigs used 75.6% more water from Monoflow drinkers (nipple type drinkers) than from Arato 80 drinkers (bite type drinkers). Mount et al., (1971) indicated that temperature has an important effect on water consumption and Gill et al.,(1986) showed that the number of feeds per day was also of significance to the quantity of water used. A clear objective in husbandry should be the provision of water in a manner which takes account of these and other factors.