Farm Structures, Functional Requirements, and Farm Equipments

Roof

• Should be made of corrugated G. I. Sheets and other _____ materials.

• the types are monitor, shed, semi-monitor, semi-shed, double span

2.4 m

Ceiling height shall be at least ____ high

1 m

Building sidewalls shall have a minimum height of ___ and shall be made of durable materials

Solid Floors

• concrete floors shall be paved on a well compacted gravel fills

2% - 4%

floor shall be skid-resistant with _______ slope towards a gutter or drainage canal

Feeding Trough

The direction of the slope shall be away from the

Slotted Floors

• Can be made from concrete, plastic, metals, or combination.

• Constructed to allow manure and urine to pass through

18 - 25 mm

width of slat for farrowing sows and piglets (up to 30kg)

18 - 25 mm

width of slat for Weaners

60 - 100 mm

width of slat for Finishers

80 - 125 mm

width of slat for Sows, finishers, and boars (over 100kg)

8 - 9 mm

slat spacing for farrowing sows and piglets (up to 30kg)

10 - 14 mm

slat spacing for Weaners

10 - 20

slat spacing for Finishers

10 - 25

slat spacing for Sows, finishers, and boars (over 100 kg)

Perpendicular

In partially slotted floors, the slats shall be placed _______ to the long dimension of pens

Parallel

For totally slotted floors, slat should be placed _____ to the sow

30kg

Concrete slats should be used preferably for swine over ____

20 mm, 9 - 11 gauge

For swine under 20 kg, flattened expanded metal _______ shall be used

300 mm

Supporting joints shall be spaced at ______

5.3 mm (5 gauge), 12.5 mm, 15, mm or 18 mm

Welded wire flooring shall be made of ______. Wire spaced at _____

38 mm wide, 9 mm, 600 mm

Plastic flooring shall be coated with rough ssurface. Fiberglass reinforced t-slats should be used for creep areas in farrowing pens/crates and nursery. Slats shall be ____ wide and slots shall be _____. It shall be supported every

Farrowing Crates

Farrowing pens shall be provided with ______ to avoid crushing by the sow.

Guardrail

In case rearing pen is used, ____ should be provided on both sides of the pen.

250 mm, 250 mm

Guardrails should be fixed ____ from the pen wall and _____ above the floor

1.80 m

minimum farrowing crate dimension length:

.60 m

minimum farrowing crate dimension width of stall:

.50 m

minimum farrowing crate dimension width of creep:

1.00 m

minimum farrowing crate dimension height of stall:

.40 m

minimum farrowing crate dimension height of creep:

10 mm - 14 mm

Weaners should be either penned in a ground pen or in an elevated nursery cages. These cages shall be provided with slatted floor with slot space clearance of

25

The size of each pen shall be designed to hold not more than ____ growers

25

The size of each pen shall be designed to jold not more than ____ finishers

0.66 m x 1.8 m

Gestating Pens: Sows should be either housed individually or by group. For individual pen, the dimension should be

Service Crate

Boar Pens: The pen should be provided with a ____

Solid, slotted

Pen Partitions should be either ____ or

160 mm - 210 mm

Pen Partition: the slot shall be within the range of ______

0.70 m

Height of pen partition for swine under 25 kg

.90 m

Height of pen partition for swine 25 kg - 100 kg

1.00 m

Height of pen partition for sow

1.20 m

Height of pen partition for boar

10 mm, 30 mm

Pen gate should be made of at least ____ iron bars or at least ____ pipe fastened securely to a G. I. pipe frame

600 mm wide and 0.9 - 1m high

Pen Gate

5)3 dimension of the gate shall be _____

750 mm

Pen Gate

For weanling, a height of _____ shall be used

1.5 mm, 1 m

Primary and Secondary Walkways shall have a minimum width of _____ and ____, respectively.

creep areas

Heaters shall be installed in _____ to provide newborn pigs

27C - 35C

Newborn pigs required temperature of _____ until they are three days old

762 mm, 152 mm

Heat lamps shall be placed _____ above the floor or ____ above the sow

150 mm

Linear length of trough for swine with the weight of 15-25

200

Linear length of trough for swine with the weight of 25/50

250

Linear length of trough for swine with the weight of 50-75

300

Linear length of trough for swine with the weight of 75-100

350

Linear length of trough for swine with the weight of 100-130

300 mm, 250 mm

The feeding trough width shall be at least _____ and the depth shall be _____

National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

All plumbing design and installation shall conform to the

1 cup / 20 heads

Automatic Watering cups or bowls for weaner

1 cup / 12 heads

Automatic Watering cups or bowls for gilts

1 cup / 10 sows

Automatic Watering cups or bowls for sows

120 mm

The bottom rim of the bowl should be ____ above the floor for weaners

300 mm

The bottom rim of the bowl should be ____ above the floor for Finishers

450 mm - 650 mm

Nozzle Type Waterers shall be adjustable and it shall be installed at a height of ____ fromvthe floor for sows and growing-finishing pigs.

305 mm

Nozzle Type Waterers shall be adjustable and it shall be installed at a height of ____ fromvthe floor for weanlings

300 mm

Water spacing should be ____ for nursery pigs

450 mm

Water spacing for growing pigs should be ____

600 mm - 900 mm

Water spacing should be ____ apart for finishing pigs

150 lux

Lighting Intensity for breeding, gestation, and farrowing

100

Lighting Intensity for Nurseries

50 lux

Lighting Intensity for Growing and finishing

200 lux

Lighting Intensity for Inspection areas