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Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
Impact of feeders and drinker devices on pig performance, water use, and manure volume
Objective: To determine the impact of feeder and drinker designs on pig performance, water use, and manure volume. Methods: Experiment One compared a wet/dry feeder to a dry feeder with...
Environment - Water Usage / Conservation
A method to evaluate appropriate nipple drinker flow rates for pigs
A method was developed for measuring how different water flow rates from nipple drinkers affect the actual rates of water intake and spillage by pigs. A combination of video and electronic techniques...
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