Course: SLF 155 Small Farm Maintenance and Operations

Reading & Audio Visual

Ventilation and Cooling Systems for Animal Housing
Ventilation and Cooling Systems for Animal Housing

Please read the article “Ventilation and Cooling Systems for Animal Housing" by Vern Grubinger of the University of Vermont Extension and Scott Sanford, Senior Outreach Specialist of the University of Madison and consider the following:

- What is passive ventilation?
- How are mechanical ventilation and passive ventilation different?
- What are some disadvantages of mechanical ventilation?
- What are some advantages of mechanical ventilation?