Table 1.
Description of swine houses studied.
| Swine house | N | Layout | Ventilation system | Age (D) | Inside |
Outside |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T (°C) | RH (%) | WS (m/s) | T (°C) | RH (%) | WS (m/s) | |||||
| A | 450 | Close | Mechanical | 90–106 | 17 | 81 | 0 | 14 | 78 | 0–0.6 |
| B | 500 | Half-close | Natural | 45–190 | 22 | 65 | 0 | 18 | 60 | 1.4–5.0 |
| C | 600 | Half-close | Natural | 70–95 | 28 | 67 | 0 | 35 | 58 | 0–1.5 |
| D | 360 | Half-close | Natural | 48–85 | 20 | 67 | 0 | 22 | 70 | 0–1.5 |
| E | 480 | Half-close | Natural | 45–80 | 22 | 65 | 0 | 24 | 70 | 0–1.5 |
Note: N=Number of animal; D=day; T=Temperature; RH=Relative Humidity; WS=Wind Speed.