Article
The importance of water in pork production
Animal Frontiers
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
4-1-2012
DOI
10.2527/af.2012-0037
Abstract
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The unique chemical structure of water makes it well suited to fulfilling a diversity of essential roles in the body.
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Defining the water requirement of the pig is particularly challenging because intake can be affected by a number of metabolic, physiological, and behavioral factors and because ad libitum intake is not always a reflection of need.
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The quality of drinking water can be a serious problem in regions known to possess aquifers containing problematic ions such as sulfates, iron, manganese, or nitrates.
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Both the cost and the availability of water will almost certainly become a bigger issue in many regions of the world in the coming future.
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Copyright Owner
Patience
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
John F. Patience. "The importance of water in pork production" Animal Frontiers Vol. 2 Iss. 2 (2012) p. 28 - 35 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-patience/110/
This article is published as Patience, John F. "The importance of water in pork production." Animal frontiers 2, no. 2 (2012): 28-35. doi: 10.2527/af.2012-0037.