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Observations of the summer performance of natural cross flow ventilation, incorporating automatic control, in a wide straw bedded pig finishing house and the use of meteorological records for predicting extreme conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

A T Smith ,
I A Barrie  and
M L Yeo
A T Smith
Affiliation:
MAFF, Woodthorne, Wolverhampton, WV6 8TQ
I A Barrie
Affiliation:
MAFF, Woodthorne, Wolverhampton, WV6 8TQ
M L Yeo
Affiliation:
MAFF, Woodthorne, Wolverhampton, WV6 8TQ
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The use of Automatic Control of Natural Ventilation (ACNV) has been shown to give good temperature control in a range of circumstances [2, 3]. Information on the performance of the system in wide, solid floored, pig finishing houses under extreme climatic conditions is sparse. A study was made of a commercial pig finishing house during the hot summer of 1983. Information collected allows an assessment of the climatic conditions encountered in relation to long term meteorological records.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 80
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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