Tintfo Lokufanele Uticaphele Etindlini Tetingulube

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Tingulube kufanelwe tihlale tivalelwe kute tivikeleke etifenin, emakhatane, kwebiwa, tilwane letiyingoti kanye netihlahla letiyingoti phindze tingatolahleka. Indlu yetingulube lekahle yenta tingulube tihlale tikhululekile, lokutowenta tingulube tibe nguletiphilile.

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Roofs should be raised to allow good lighting and free air circulation in houses.
Ngekusho kuka Danie Visser lobhale iModern Pig Production, letinye tindlu tetingulube tingabita imali lenyenti kakhulu, iSouth African Pork Producers Organisation (SAPPO) icwayisa kutsi wente loku lokulandzelako:

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Earth camps might be okay if the camps are large enough so pigs have a dry spot to sleep.
Imali: takhiwo tanyalo tibita kakhulu, loko kwenta kutsi kube mcoka kutsi ucale ngetingulube letingekho tinyenti. Nawenta lelibhizinisi, imali letodzingeka kutsenga takhiwo, nemali letodzingeka kukhulisa tingulube kute wente siciniseko kutsi lelibhizinisi litosebenta. Kungaba ngumbono lomuhle kutsi ubonane nebantfu labakufundzele loku.
Takhiwo: tingulube atihlaliseki, kufanele ukhetse takhiwo leticinile, njengelitsayela noma semende lowutohlala sikhatsi lesidze.

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Walls can be constructed from almost any locally available material, such as wood.
Tingakhoni kuphuma: libondza nafenisi kufanele ligubhelwe phansi futsi liciniswe kwentele kutsi tingulube tingakhoni kuphuma, ngoba tiyakwati kugubha, futsi utokhona kutsi tilwane letiyingoti tingatokhona kungena.
Umtfunti: lesakhiwo kufanele sibe nemtfunti, kungangeni ivula kanye nemoya lobandzako.
Ukhone kuyigcina ihlobile: kufanele ukhone kuyigcina lendlu yetingulube ihlobile, siyilo kufanele sicine, futsi sehlele kancane khona emanti atokhona kugeleta. Lesiyile kufuneka sakheke ngendlela kutsi emanti angagcwali. (Kepha loko akusho kutsi ingulube akufaneli idlale edzakeni).
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Some pigs can thrive in simple fenced or walled camps with shelter, or open pens that provide roofed and walled areas.
Kungena kwemoya: tindlu tetingulube kufanelwe takhiwe ngendlela yekutsi umoya ukhone kungena. Takhiwo letingabiti kakhulu tentiwe ngendlela yekutsi tingenise umoya, takhiwo tesilungu tentiwe ngendlela yekutsi tinemshina lokhipha umoya.
Sikhala: ingulube ngayinye kufanele ibe nesikhala lesanele kutsi ihlale kahle. Ngekusho kwe Welfare Code, tingulube letindzala letihlala endlini kufanele tibe nesikhala lesingu one square meters per 100kg. Tingulube letihlala ngaphandla tona titodzinga sikhala lesinyenti lesingu 15 square meters. Kugcwalisa tingulube endzaweni lencane kutobangela kutsi tilwe, tilumane umsila phindze tingakhuli kahle.
Kuphepha: kufanele kungabi khona tintfo leticijile, kungabi khona tipikili letingalimata tingulube phindze siyilo singasheleli. Lesakhiwo kufanele singabi yingoti.
Kungeneka: kufanele kube khona ligede ekungeneni kwetindlu yetingulube, kute kube lula kutsi bantfu netingulube bakhone kuhamba.

Translated by Thandokuhle Motha