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Lack of response by growing-finishing pigs to germicidal ultraviolet radiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

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Three tests—two winter and one summer—involving 134 growing-finishing pigs showed no response to germicidal ultraviolet radiation. The pigs received no direct sunlight and were irradiated nearly continuously for periods of 54–70 days. Lamps with a 2537 Å output of 5·2 W were provided at rates of one lamp per 11·1 m2 in two tests and one lamp per 3·35 m2 in one test.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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