The Correlation between Thermal and Noxious Gas Environments, Pig Productivity and Behavioral Responses of Growing Pigs

Hong Lim Choi, Sang Hwa Han, Louis D. Albright and Won Kyung Chang
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Hong Lim Choi: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Korea
Sang Hwa Han: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Korea
Louis D. Albright: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, New York, NY 14853, USA
Won Kyung Chang: Department of Animal Biotechnology, National Livestock Research Institute, Suwon, 441-706, South Korea

IJERPH, 2011, vol. 8, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: Correlations between environmental parameters (thermal range and noxious gas levels) and the status (productivity, physiological, and behavioral) of growing pigs were examined for the benefit of pig welfare and precision farming. The livestock experiment was conducted at a Seoul National University station in South Korea. Many variations were applied and the physiological and behavioral responses of the growing pigs were closely observed. Thermal and gas environment parameters were different during the summer and winter seasons, and the environments in the treatments were controlled in different manners. In the end, this study finds that factors such as Average Daily Gain (ADG), Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), stress, posture, and eating habits were all affected by the controlled environmental parameters and that appropriate control of the foregoing could contribute to the improvement of precision farming and pig welfare.

Keywords: growing pigs; thermal environment; noxious gas; average daily gain; feed efficiency; behavioral responses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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