PAES Structure - General Specifications

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Fattener weight

15 kg

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Grower weight

40-65 kg

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Finisher weight

66 kg

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for growing swine (up to 10 kg)

0.11 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for growing swine (11 - 20 kg)

0.20 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for growing swine (21 - 40 kg)

0.35 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for growing swine (41 - 60 kg)

0.50 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for growing swine (61 - 80 kg)

0.70 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for growing swine (81 - 100 kg)

0.85 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for gilts up to mating

1.00 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for adult pigs in groups

2.50 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for gestating sows

1.20 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for boar pens

7.50 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for lactating sows and litters (individual pens)

7.40 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for lactating sows and litters (multi-suckling groups)

5.60 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Space requirement for dry sows

1.80 m²/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Roof overhang

at least one-meter

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Ceiling height

at least 2.4 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Building sidewalls minimum height

1 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Solid concrete floors slope

2% - 4%

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat width for farrowing sows and piglets (up to 30 kg)

18 - 25 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat spacing for farrowing sows and piglets (up to 30 kg)

8 - 9 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat width for weaners

18 - 25 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat spacing for weaners

10 - 14 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat width for finishers

60 - 100 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat spacing for finishers

10 - 20 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat width for sows, finishers and boars (over 100 kg)

80 - 125 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Slatted floor slat spacing for sows, finishers and boars (over 100 kg)

10 - 25 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Swine weight for concrete slats

over 30 kg

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Swine weight for flattened expanded metal

under 20 kg

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Flattened expanded metal dimensions for swine under 20 kg

20 mm, 9 –11 gauge

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Supporting joists for flattened expanded metal spaced at ____

300 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Welded wire flooring wire diameter

5.3 mm (5 gauge)

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Welded wire flooring spacing

12.5 mm, 15 mm or 18 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Welded wire flooring support interval every ___

300 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Plastic flooring slat width

38 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Plastic flooring slot spacing

9 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Plastic flooring support interval every

600 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing pen guardrail distance from pen wall

250 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing pen guardrail height above floor

250 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing crate length

1.80 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing crate width of stall

0.60 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing crate width of creep

0.50 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing crate height of stall

1.00 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Farrowing crate height of creep

0.40 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Weaners/nursery pen slot space clearance

10 mm – 14 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Growing pen maximum capacity

not more than 25 growers

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Finishing pen maximum capacity

not more than 25 finishers

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Individual gestating pen dimension

0.66 m x 1.8 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Pen partition slot range

160 mm – 210 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum pen partition height for swine under 25 kg

0.70 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum pen partition height for swine 25 kg – 100 kg

0.90 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum pen partition height for sow

1.00 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum pen partition height for boar

1.20 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Pen gate material minimum iron bar diameter

10 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Pen gate material minimum pipe diameter

30 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Pen gate width

600 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Pen gate height

0.9 m – 1 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Pen gate height for weanling

750 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Primary walkways minimum width

1.5 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Secondary walkways minimum width

1 m

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Newborn piglet required temperature for ___days

27 °C - 35 °C until 3 days old

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Heat lamps placement above floor

762 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Heat lamps placement above sow

152 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Linear feeding trough length for 15 – 25 kg swine

150 mm/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Linear feeding trough length for 25 – 50 kg swine

200 mm/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Linear feeding trough length for 50 – 75 kg swine

250 mm/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Linear feeding trough length for 75 – 100 kg swine

300 mm/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Linear feeding trough length for 100 - 130 kg swine

350 mm/animal

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Feeding trough width

at least 300 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Feeding trough depth

250 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Automatic watering cups/bowls for weaners

1 cup/20 weaner

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Automatic watering cups/bowls for gilts

1 cup/12 gilts

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Automatic watering cups/bowls for sows

1 cup/10 sows

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Automatic watering bowl bottom rim height for weaners

120 mm above floor

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Automatic watering bowl bottom rim height for finishers

300 mm above floor

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Nozzle type waterers height for sows and growing-finishing pigs

450 mm - 650 mm from floor

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Nozzle type waterers height for weanlings

305 mm

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Waterer spacing for nursery pigs

300 mm apart

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Waterer spacing for growing pigs

450 mm apart

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Waterer spacing for finishing pigs and group housed gestating sows

600 mm – 900 mm apart

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Nipple waterer quantity for nursery pigs

1 nipple/10 pigs

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Nipple waterer quantity for growing-finishing pigs

1 nipple/12-15 pigs

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Lighting intensity for breeding, gestation and farrowing areas

150 lux

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Lighting intensity for nurseries

100 lux

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Lighting intensity for growing and finishing areas

50 lux

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Lighting intensity for inspection areas

200 lux

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum Ventilation Rate for Farrowing Unit (sow and litter)

0.28 m³/min

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum Ventilation Rate for Nursery Pens

0.08 m³/min

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum Ventilation Rate for Growing-Finishing Pens

0.12 m³/min

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Minimum Ventilation Rate for Breeding and Gestating Pens (gilts, sows, and boars)

0.28 m³/min

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Maximum Temperature for Housed Sows and Boars in Still Air

30 °C

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Maximum Temperature for Newborn Piglets in Still Air

35 °C

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Maximum Temperature for 3-week Old Piglets in Still Air

30 °C

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Maximum Temperature for Weaners in Still Air

30 °C

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Maximum Temperature for Growers and Finishers in Still Air

30 °C

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Water Spray Nozzle Placement Height for Cooling

Approximately 1.8 m above the floor

[PAES 401-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Swine Production] Feed supply in weeks (feed storage space basis)

2 weeks

[PAES 402-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Broiler Production] Floor space for broiler (4 weeks and below)

6.25 m²/100 birds

[PAES 402-2001 – Agricultural Structure – Housing for Broiler Production] Floor space for broiler (above 4 weeks old)

12.50 m²/100 birds