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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Mrs Snoodles on September 23, 2012, 07:53:04 pm

Title: farrowing hut fatality report
Post by: Mrs Snoodles on September 23, 2012, 07:53:04 pm

this is a bit old, from 99 but makes interesting reading.  We have insulated B type huts but if money had allowed we would have gone for the triangular ones  :o We were really surprised at the differences.

http://www.ipic.iastate.edu/reports/99swinereports/asl-1680.pdf (http://www.ipic.iastate.edu/reports/99swinereports/asl-1680.pdf)

Title: Re: farrowing hut fatality report
Post by: benkt on September 23, 2012, 08:11:19 pm

Thanks for that link! Really good to see  some hard figures for this and as we build our own arcs I think we'll be moving doors to the corners as a simple first step!

Title: Re: farrowing hut fatality report
Post by: Beewyched on September 23, 2012, 08:20:04 pm

Useful link Mrs S - makes interesting reading  :thumbsup: