The farrowing house was temperature controlled using floor and
air heating so that the piglets were kept within their thermal
neutral zone. The housing environment was automatically
controlled with a computerized heating and ventilation system, so
that the required temperature was managed independently of the
outside temperature. The selected temperature of the farrowing
rooms was based on information advised in the study of McGlone
and Pond (2003) and was dependent on piglet body weight.