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A note on the consumption of water by the growing pig at several environmental temperatures and levels of feeding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

L. E. Mount ,
C. W. Holmes ,
W. H. Close ,
S. R. Morrison  and
I. B. Start
L. E. Mount
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
C. W. Holmes
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
W. H. Close
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
S. R. Morrison
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
I. B. Start
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
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Summary

The voluntary intake of water by 24 groups of 3 to 6 Large White pigs (range of mean body weight: 21 to 73 kg) was measured during a total of 48 periods lasting 3 to 12 weeks each in a large calorimeter equipped as a pig pen. The calorimeter temperature was controlled between 7° and 33°C and the pigs were fed at levels ranging from 42 g feed/kg body weight per day to maximal intake. The mean water: feed ratios were between 2·1 and 2·7 at temperatures between 7° and 22°C, and between 2·8 and 5·0 at 30° and 33°C. The range of mean water consumption extended from 0·092 to 0·184 litre/kg body weight per day.

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Animal Production , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 1971 , pp. 561 - 563
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1971

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