Water balance and moisture production of grower-finisher rooms in swine production using dry and wet/dry feeders
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lemay, Stéphane | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Gillies, Jon | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Patience, John | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Laguë, Claude | en_US |
| dc.creator | Christianson, Shala Kathryn | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-25T09:51:03Z | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T04:33:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-25T08:00:00Z | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T04:33:08Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2003 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Two components were associated with this research project. The first component established and measured the water balance of a grower-finisher room in an intensive swine operation (ISO) using dry and wet/dry feeders. The second component verified various moisture production (MP) prediction equations for ISO's using current MP values. Knowledge of the significant sources and sinks of water in an ISO will allow future research on water conservation to focus on key areas. Six separate grower-finisher cycles were followed and the parameters of the water balance, including water from the drinkers, in the feed, metabolic reactions, within the pig, ventilated from the room and in the slurry, were measured for each cycle. The significant source of water was at the drinker, at 72% of the total water source, and the major sink of water was in the slurry, at 64% of the total water sink. The use of wet/dry feeders compared to dry feeders significantly reduced both the water disappearance at the drinker by 34% (p | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-05252012-095103 | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.title | Water balance and moisture production of grower-finisher rooms in swine production using dry and wet/dry feeders | en_US |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Environmental Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Environmental Engineering | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Saskatchewan | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |