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Establishing Sprinkling Requirements on Trailers Transporting Market Weight Pigs
in Warm and Hot Weather
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Kephart R
; Johnson A
; Sapkota A
; Stalder K
; McGlone J
Animals (Basel)
2014[Apr]; 4
(2
): 164-83
PMID26480035
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This study was conducted July of 2012 in Iowa, in WARM (<26.7 °C) and HOT (?26.7
°C) weather. Four sprinkling methods were compared, with one treatment being
randomly assigned to each load: control- no sprinkling (not applied in HOT
weather), pigs only, bedding only, or pigs and bedding. Experiment 1 used 51
loads in WARM- and 86 loads in HOT weather to determine sprinkling effects on pig
measures (surface temperature, vocalizations, slips and falls, and stress signs).
Experiment 2 used 82 loads in WARM- and 54 loads in HOT weather to determine the
sprinkling effects on transport losses (non-ambulatory, dead, and total transport
losses). Experiment 1 found that, in WARM weather, there were no differences
between sprinkling treatments for surface temperature, vocalizations, or slips
and falls (p ? 0.18). However, stress signs were 2% greater when sprinkling pigs-
or bedding only- compared to control (p = 0.03). Experiment 2 found that, in WARM
and HOT weather, sprinkling did not affect non-ambulatory, dead, or total
transport losses (p ? 0.18). Although the current study did not find any observed
sprinkling effects for pig measures or transport losses it is extremely important
to note that the inference space of this study is relatively small, so further
studies should be conducted to see if these results are applicable to other
geographical regions and seasons.