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STY
(Belgium) , Finland ), China, Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 CE A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud. There are several reasons that pigs, generally clean animals, create such a living environment: * Pigs are voracious eaters and will eat all the plants in the enclosure until there is nothing left to control erosion. * The pig will naturally root and dig for food in the enclosure, further disturbing the soil. * Pigs do not regulate temperature by sweating which means that they must be provided with water or mud in which they can control their own body temperature. A large-scale enclosure for raising pigs is generally called a hog lot. Unlike a sty which would be found on a mixed farm, a hog lot is usually a dedicated facility. A locked enclosure with confined/restricted movement and freedom to exercise, is known as a boar-stall. According to some experts such forced immobilization was believed to elevate cortisol.
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(Belgium) , Finland ), China, Eastern Han dynasty, 25–220 CE A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs as livestock. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud. There are several reasons that pigs, generally clean animals, create such a living environment: * Pigs are voracious eaters and will eat all the plants in the enclosure until there is nothing left to control erosion. * The pig will naturally root and dig for food in the enclosure, further disturbing the soil. * Pigs do not regulate temperature by sweating which means that they must be provided with water or mud in which they can control their own body temperature. A large-scale enclosure for raising pigs is generally called a hog lot. Unlike a sty which would be found on a mixed farm, a hog lot is usually a dedicated facility. A locked enclosure with confined/restricted movement and freedom to exercise, is known as a boar-stall. According to some experts such forced immobilization was believed to elevate cortisol.
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