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A note on the relationship between induced mechanical stress and thermal stress in recumbent pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

J. M. Bruce  and
C. R. Boon
J. M. Bruce
Affiliation:
Scottish Farm Buildings Investigation Unit, Craibstone, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9TR
C. R. Boon
Affiliation:
National Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe, Bedford MK45 4HS and AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4AT
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Abstract

The hypothesis is proposed that pigs will induce a mechanical stress, by huddling and over-lying, that is related to the degree of thermal stress experienced. Measurements of the floor area covered by groups of 12 pigs have been used to validate the hypothesis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 1984 , pp. 309 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1984

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