Boars Drinkers Swine Drinking Bowls Pig Water Bowls 304 Stainless Steel Nipple
Description:
Lack of water intake depresses animal performance quicker and more drastically than any other nutrient deficiency. Husbandry animals can live about sixty days without food but only seven days without water. Hearing and sight are impaired without water.
Dehydration can result in salt poisoning and often is fatal. Early signs of dehydration in swine include thirst, constipation, skin irritation and lack of appetite. This often is followed by nervousness, apparent deafness and blindness. Pigs affected by salt poisoning will be uncoordinated and have intermittent convulsions.
So, providing plenty of water is important for pig feeding. Water makes up 80% of the blood, regulates body temperature. And water is vital for organ functions such as digestion, waste removal and the absorption of nutrients. Get to know daily water need of swine is essential when designing a pig watering system.
Water requirements for swine (Liters per pig per day) | |
Class | Water Intake |
Nursery (up to 60 lbs) | 2.6 to 3.8 |
Grower (60-100 lbs) | 7.6 to 11.4 |
Finishing (100-250 lbs.) | 11.4 to 19 |
Nonpregnant gilts | 11.4 to 19 |
Pregnant sows | 11.4 to 22.7 |
Lactating sows | 19 to 26.5 |
Boars | 11.4 to 22.7 |
Before 1990, swine system specialists found that, about 50% of the water supplied was wasted as spillage. But today, more efficient water equipments have cut these losses significantly.
Our products- cast iron water bowls for swine are the good solution for the water supply of your swine. The bowl is included cast iron water bowl and a ss304 nipple. The bowl is easy to fix on wall or to tubes. The water Bowl can catch the water spillage from the nipple and also can avoid the pigs playing the nipple. The surface of the cast iron bowl is covered by high quality powder coating, smooth and healthy.
This kind of pig water bowls also called pig drinking bowls, pig drinkers, automatic pig waterers. Automatic water bowls for swine. Nipple drinking bowls for swine, water system for swine etc.
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Specification:
Model No. | Weight | Capacity | Water flow rate | Material | Surface | Suitable for |
TJ-D | 2900g | 900ml | 4.3L/min(0.2Mpa) 4.9L/min(0.3Mpa) | Bowl:Cast Iron Valve:SS304 | Green Powder Coated | Sow/boars/ finishing pigs |
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