Page 3 of articles about ventilation
Don’t panic – manage piggery ventilation sensibly
Farmers shouldn’t panic but need to be more realistic about their piggery ventilation management during the heat-wave conditions that Britain has been experiencing, according to an environmental specialist.
How much of an issue is heat stress for sows?
Nutritional approaches, adapting the diet and using feed additives, can help sows cope with heat stress.
Removal of hydrogen sulphide from pig house using biofilter with fungi
Check piggery ventilation carefully during polar weather
A warning to farmers to check minimum ventilation rates in their piggeries, following the prolonged cold spell, has been issued by an environmental specialist.
ISU: Swine Building Ventilation Workshops Set for March
The classroom sessions include the basics of ventilation systems, effective temperature requirements, troubleshooting tools and techniques.
Prevention of worker health and safety problems in Pork Production
After reviewing some of the main hazards for pork producers in previous articles, this article is devoted to practical measures describing how to reduce risks of illnesses and injuries from those hazards.
Alarm warning to pig farmers
It is important that the back-up emergency ventilation system is triggered as soon as the alarm goes off so the mechanism operating the inlets and outlets must be checked.
Spring-time ventilation checks are vital task for pig farmers
Fans should be isolated from the power supply and blades cleaned with water and detergent if necessary — though not with a pressure washer which could damage the electric motor!
Heat Stress Management Strategies on Farm
This article summarizes the main points to beat heat stress in pigs.
Air cleaning technologies for the control of airborne pathogens
The most direct strategy to decrease the concentration in the air of airborne pathogens is dust reduction. This article describes the use of a particle ionization system called EPI.
Improving the environmental conditions in the fattening rooms
Improve the piglets' comfort in the fattening rooms without compromising ventilation by placing an insulating material over the pens.
Finns study finer points of ventilation
Energy savings using cover-nests in farrowing rooms
The use of these nests help create two well-differentiated areas: a warmer one for the piglets and a cooler one for the sows.