SWINE SPACE

REQUIREMENTS
AFA 7

By: Joberlit Diane Baron

Swine Space Requirements
- Adequate housing and equipment for raising pigs are
necessary to provide shelter against inclement weather,
prevent diseases, control parasites and save labour
 The normal requirements of floor area, water and
air space in pens for various of pigs.

Pens for sow with piglets

- A well-designed pen improves the health and
performance of the animals

Points to consider:
- Protection of piglets against crushing this would
include the installation of guard rails hurdles in the
farrowing pen.
A good view of the sow and piglets

- The provision of the door and the pen having a low

partition.
- Animals should be easily visible even at a distance.
- Height of partition is very important in between sows 1
meter, piglets 0.60 meters.
Accessibility of Piglets
Piglets should be easily be caught or reached for treatment
purposes. Also, there should be no hindrance so that the piglets
will be able to suck the milk
Removal of drug and urine
Proper slope would aid on this problem. A 2% - 3% cm/meter run
would eliminate problems too step a slope causes splaylegs and
fractures
Space Requirements

Concrete Feed Trough Elevated Feed Trough

Width : 0.50 m Width : 0.36 m
Length : 0.60 m Length : 0.40 m
Lying Area 2.20 m – 2.50
( if an elevated through is
installed, the length can be less
than 20 cm)
Dunging Area 1 – 1.50 m per sow width of the
( if applicable) pens including the crate and
creep area.
Pens for sow without piglets

Group Housing Floor Space Requirements

Lying Area – dunging area long Lying Area – 1 – 1.25 m per
through sow
Length – 0.50 m per sow Dunging Area – 1- 1.50 m per
sow
Individual feeding/stalls – lying Width (boxes/stalls)- 0.65 m
area + dunging area per stall/box
Individual Housing
- Feeding lying boxes/stalls ( sow is locked in)
- Feeding lying boxes/stalls ( sow is tethered )

Floor space requirements

Box/stall width for dry sow 0.60 m
Box/stall width for pregnant sow 0.65 – 0.70 m

Box/stall length for tethered sow 1.00 m behind trough

Box/stall length for dry sow 1.80 – 2.00 behind trough

Pen for gilts

Length of stay Trough length per pen

6 months old 0.30 m
Floor space requirements

Length of stay Floor space requirements

Separate areas
Lying Dunging Group pen
6 month old 0.6 – 0.7 sq. 0.3 – 0.4 sq. 0.8 – 0.9 sq.
meter meter meter
6 month old 0.7 – 0.9 sq. 0.4 – 0.6 sq. 0.9 – 1.1 sq.
meter meter meter
Fattening pens
- the space requirements depends on the weight of hogs
Weight Separate Areas Ground Pen Slatted pen Trough length/
( sq. meter ) (sq. meter) pig ( sq.
meter)

15 – 40 0.3 – 0.2 – 0.5 – 0.6 0.4 – 0.5 0.20

0.4 0.3
40 – 65 0.4 – 0.23 – 0.6 – 0.7 0.5 – 0.6 0.25
0.5 0.35

65 - 100 0.6 – 0.3 – 0.6 – 0.9 0.7 – 0.8 0.30

0.7 0.4
Pens for weaner

Ground Pen

Transfer weight Space Trough Length

Requirement
15 kg – 20 kg 0.25 sq. m – 0.35 0.12 sq. m – 0.15
sq. m sq. m
Evaluated Nursery Cages

Transfer Weight Space Trough Length

Requirements
15 kg – 20 kg 0.20 sq. m – 0.30 0.12 sq. m – 0.15
sq. m sq. m
Boar Pens

Feed Trough

Elevated Feed Trough Concrete feed trough

Width – 0.38 m length – 0.35 m – 0.5-0 m
0.40 m
Holding as well as mating pen
- 2.5 m x 2.5 m / boar
- 2.5 m x 4.0 m / boar

Holding pen
- Only 2.0 m x 2.0 m/ boar
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