The US swine industry is shifting towards filtered fresh-air ventilation systems that use
pleated filters to improve breeding herd health and reduce airborne disease outbreak …

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is an economically significant
pathogen in the swine industry that can spread through the air. Many swine gestation and …

Highlights Carcass and room temperatures, as well as CO, CO 2, O 2, and NH 3, were
continuously monitored. NH 3 release was approximately half when carcass leachate was …

Data collected on 17 swine finishing rooms from the Midwest region of the United States was
used to study the relationship between infiltration rate and selected room characteristics …

Highlights Design and construction of mobile swine facility on a flat decked trailer for
experimentation. Air infiltration evaluation for an experimental building. Theoretical building …

The US swine industry is shifting towards filtered fresh-air ventilation systems that use
pleated filters to improve breeding herd health and reduce airborne disease outbreak …

Highlights A custom-designed laboratory for thermal environment interaction research was
constructed. All instrumentation systems were commissioned. Operation performance of the …

The primary reason for the existence of any pig farming system is to produce pigs that will
provide pork products for human consumption. Throughout human civilization, a myriad of …

Modern day swine production buildings used in the Midwestern region (severe winters and
moderately hot summers) of the US are typically ventilated using negative pressure …

The objective of this research was to develop and analyze the procedure for using recent air
infiltration (AI) data collected from commercial swine finishing rooms (SFRs) in the design of …