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Table 7 Season and stable temperature at data collection for each farm. Identical farm number within farm id indicates that the farm produced both grower and finisher pigs. The study was performed in Western of Sweden from November 2015 to June 2017

From: Impact of amount of straw on pig and pen hygiene in partly slatted flooring systems

Farm

Age group

Experimental dates

Season

Average temp. ± S.D

Min. temp.

Max. temp.

F1

Growers

9 November-14 December 2015

Autumn, Winter

16.0 ± 2.0

14.0

18.0

F2

Growers

14 March −13 March 2016

Spring

17.3 ± 1.2

16.0

19.0

F4

Growers

23 February- 10 April 2017

Winter, Spring

19.8 ± 0.6

19.0

20.4

F2

Finishers

27 March −19 July 2016

Spring, Summer

23.2 ± 3.0

18.0

27.0

F3

Finishers

22 February – 18 April 2016

Winter, Spring

16.5 ± 0.9

16.0

18.0

F4

Finishers

10 April- 22 June 2017

Spring, Summer

18.4 ± 3.0

15.0

23.1

F5

Finishers

17 February-26 April 2017

Winter, Spring

17.6 ± 1.2

16.7

20.0

  1. Spring: March–May; Summer, June–August; Autumn: September–November; Winter; December–February