swine housing

Is raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock

Pig farming

A type of crate by which is used to confine the sow from up to a week before giving birth

Farrowing pen

Sows should be housed individually or by group

• Individual pen: 0.66 m x 1.8 m

Gestating pen

This pen should be close to the dry sow accommodation. The pen should be provided with service crate

Boar pen

For small scale operation

• Combines several farm operations into one building

Conventional or all purpose housing system

For medium scale and commercial farmers

Life cycle housing system

The sows are removed when the piglets reach weaning age

One unit system

The sows and piglets remain in the farrowing house until the piglets are weaned

• Weanlings are transferred to a growing-finishing house

Two unit system

The weanlings are moved to a nursery house and finally to a growing to a finishing unit where they stay until they are ready for slaughter

Three unit system

Piglets are moved to a nursery house, then growing house, then finishing house where they are slaughtered

Four unit system

Designed to provide the animal with proper space requirements, maximize labor efficiency and promote better biosecurity

Life cycle housing system

House recently bred and pregnant gilts and sows in individual stalls to prevent injury

Gestation unit

Transfer pregnant sows to this unit

Farrowing unit

Adopt all in all out scheme per pen. Animals can be housed in conventional pen

Growing-finishing unit

Pigs lack functional sweat glands and are almost incapable of panting. To thermoregualtenthey rely on this

Wallowing