ROLE OF BEDDING MATERIALS ON HEAT CONDUCTION LOSS CONTROL OF PIGS
Natalia Vllamasi Shoshi1, Pëllumb Zalla1, Etleva Veizaj2, Paulin Shoshi1
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tirana, Albania
2Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
natali_sh@hotmail.com
Bedding materials have a significant impact on heat conductivity loss between organism and environment. The type of bedding materials can reduce in different levels the loss of heat conductivity. We are going to study the im¬pact of bedding material on heat conductivity loss of piglets when they are kept directly on concrete surfaces, wood, plastic layers. Conductivity coefficients (λ) were 1.1 for concrete, 0.125 for wood, and 0.250 for plastic materials. In addition, this study evaluates the importance of thickness of bedding materials on heat conductivity loss of pigs. The heat loss by conductivity on growing pigs was reduced respectively: 34% when pigs were kept in wooden materials, 59% in plastic materials. The thickness of bedding material was 25 cm and the temperature was 19 oC for all types of materials used. These findings are of significant importance to pig’s industry husbandry.
Keywords: heat loss; conductivity; growing pigs; bedding materials; reduction; husbandry
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