The increased water consumption for the animal size
could be explained by increased ambient temperatures
as compared with other studies. On average, the water
consumption was 3 to 4 L per pig per day (Supplemental
Table 1 available online at http://jas.fass.org/content/
vol87/issue11/). Due to the warm ambient temperatures,
it is anticipated that plasma concentrations
of these animals are close to peak attainable concentrations
based on the amount of water consumed (Harvey,
1998, 1994).