Of course pigs drink more in summer. Don't they?

摘要

The more data we collect about pigs, the more we discover they don't always behave as we had assumed they behaveAll good pig keepers know that a good water supply is crucially importance in summer to help pigs cope with the extra heat stress that high temperatures bring. Pigs drink far more in the heat of summer than in the cool of winter. It's particularly important to make sure that peak flow rates can cope with the higher demands. These things are hardly worth mentioning, they are just so obvious. But let's just try looking at measured and recorded data, instead of guessing what's happening.By Nick Bird, Farmex