An experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of nebulization and artificial ventilation on the performance and skin temperature of finishing swine. Castrated males and females (n = 137; Landrace x Large White x Duroc) were allotted to two treatments by using a radomized bolck design, with eight replicates: T1 = pens without either nebulization or artificial ventilation; T2 = pens with both nebulization and artificial ventilation. There was an average of eight animals per each pen. During the experimental period, average air temperature was 26.32ºC (from 23.32 to 30.72ºC) and humidity, 64.5%. No signifgicant effects of treatments on average daily weight gain, average daily feed intake and feed conversion were observed. Water nebulization and ventilation improved animal confort (skin temperature). The use of nebulization and ventilation is not necessary for finishing swine because, although there was less stress to animals, such management strategy did not increase their performance.
environment; performance; nebulization; swine; ventilation
