Swine or hog as it is commonly called, is a farm animal with toes that are even in number. It is an ungulate or the species that belong to the former order Ungulata. It traces its origin from the wild boar of unique kind in its own right. These type of animal that do not have the capacity to distinguish even their own kind nor communicate with each other without the right hog light. Neither, they can see their own feeders.
It has been scientifically proven that their eyes cannot adapt to strong bright lights neither to dark lights. It is important to know this when thinking of lights to use for your enclosed and outdoor hog units. In raising hogs, you need not worry about them getting the natural illumination from the sun for Vitamin D2 is already supplied in their balanced diets in the form of feeds. In addition to this, veterinarians may give medicines to your pigs to ensure health and resistance.
You should not even consider the option of using torch for illumination. It gives excess illumination that is not needed by pigs. Dim lights as already mentioned is what they want. If you love your animals, you will want them to have a good rest and break and so you will ensure that where they sleep has no bright lights. It is also advised that you do not illuminate the pens with fluorescent tubes that have flickers since research has shown some bit of sensitivity from pigs to flicker.
A pig's reproduction is highly affected during the summer season where-in temperature is hot. But this can only be one of the reasons. Their lineage could be the main reason with regards to reproduction.
Apart from the above, seasons can also have other outcomes such as: 24-hour continuous lighting can increase the level of stress and hence interfere with reproduction especially in the young pigs; food intake in growers and finishers increases with increase in day length; piglet suckling is increased as day length is increased to 15-18 hours.
Do not subject the pigs to lights all through. They need a break so they are not stressed. The extreme lights will affect their eyes and weight. They will also behave depending on how they are affected by the lights. They may not withstand artificial light, so be careful especially with the young ones.
There has been current information that pigs in enclosed structures should be lighted with at least 40 lux of lights for 8 hours per day as the minimum requirement. The original statement was that 40 to 80 lux would be enough for the pigs to see and can distinguish the night from the day. But the information was not confirmed as it said that incandescent or fluorescent lights will greatly affect their sense of sight.
Incandescent could produce dim light while fluorescent lights are brighter even with the same lux level. Seasonal changes may have tremendous effects on the lives of your pigs and installing or maintaining hog lights is for your utmost consideration. It is therefore recommended to use hog light in the way it should be for as not to waste energy and avoid the worst environment for you pigs.
It has been scientifically proven that their eyes cannot adapt to strong bright lights neither to dark lights. It is important to know this when thinking of lights to use for your enclosed and outdoor hog units. In raising hogs, you need not worry about them getting the natural illumination from the sun for Vitamin D2 is already supplied in their balanced diets in the form of feeds. In addition to this, veterinarians may give medicines to your pigs to ensure health and resistance.
You should not even consider the option of using torch for illumination. It gives excess illumination that is not needed by pigs. Dim lights as already mentioned is what they want. If you love your animals, you will want them to have a good rest and break and so you will ensure that where they sleep has no bright lights. It is also advised that you do not illuminate the pens with fluorescent tubes that have flickers since research has shown some bit of sensitivity from pigs to flicker.
A pig's reproduction is highly affected during the summer season where-in temperature is hot. But this can only be one of the reasons. Their lineage could be the main reason with regards to reproduction.
Apart from the above, seasons can also have other outcomes such as: 24-hour continuous lighting can increase the level of stress and hence interfere with reproduction especially in the young pigs; food intake in growers and finishers increases with increase in day length; piglet suckling is increased as day length is increased to 15-18 hours.
Do not subject the pigs to lights all through. They need a break so they are not stressed. The extreme lights will affect their eyes and weight. They will also behave depending on how they are affected by the lights. They may not withstand artificial light, so be careful especially with the young ones.
There has been current information that pigs in enclosed structures should be lighted with at least 40 lux of lights for 8 hours per day as the minimum requirement. The original statement was that 40 to 80 lux would be enough for the pigs to see and can distinguish the night from the day. But the information was not confirmed as it said that incandescent or fluorescent lights will greatly affect their sense of sight.
Incandescent could produce dim light while fluorescent lights are brighter even with the same lux level. Seasonal changes may have tremendous effects on the lives of your pigs and installing or maintaining hog lights is for your utmost consideration. It is therefore recommended to use hog light in the way it should be for as not to waste energy and avoid the worst environment for you pigs.
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