Although hogs were typically raised outdoors until the 1980s, today they are usually housed in environmentally controlled facilities. Such facilities allow farmers to increase the production of hogs while reducing the incidence of disease among the animals.
Courtesy of Ken Stalder, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University
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