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A challenge in animal production today is to raise livestock within new environmental rules and regulations. Although most states in the United States regulate swine waste application based on N concentration, more are changing to P-based regulations.

Wild animals which may spread infection between farms include wild pigs, birds, flies, rats and mice.

A good air quality is required for maintaining animal health and welfare and for providing a good working environment for the staff.

This article explains the most important principles of environmental control in the pig barns, such as ventilation control, maintenance of temperature within the thermoneutral zone of the animals and of the relative humidity levels inside the barns.