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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The social and feeding behaviour of growing pigs in deep-litter, group housing systems

Sargent, Rebecca Unknown Date (has links) (PDF)
Housing pigs in large pens using a floor base of deep litter has been developed as an alternative to conventional, indoor, intensive methods. Deep-litter, group housing systems are cheaper to establish and are perceived as being more “welfare and environmentally friendly” for pigs compared to conventional intensive systems. However, recent industry records have shown that pigs housed in deep-litter systems have growth performance problems. In general, pigs are 10 percent less efficient in converting feed to live weight gain, are 1 to 2 mm fatter and exhibit more carcass damage (carcass bruising and non-infectious arthritis stifle joint damage) compared to conventionally housed pigs. It is possible that the growth performance problems in deep-litter systems are largely behavioural and possibly stress related, and pose a barrier to adoption of these systems by industry. This PhD program examined the social and feeding behaviour of entire male growing pigs in deep-litter systems in relation to growth performance and stress physiology.
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Análise produtiva, econômica e sanitária de suínos criados nos sistemas wean-to-finish e convencional de produção / Productive, economic and health analysis of pigs raised in "wean-to-finish" and conventional production systems

Consoni, Wagner 25 February 2014 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:24:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PGCA14MA126.pdf: 1502489 bytes, checksum: 114ec2bccc4079c0c854d6aabdb2add0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-25 / The study aimed to evaluate the health, zootechnical and economic behavior of pigs housed in the "wean-to-finish" system (WF) compared to the conventional production system. Two groups of pigs from the same sow farms, born and weaned in the same week, were evaluated. One group was housed in a conventional production system and the other in a WF adapted barn, both in collective pens. After the end of the nursery phase part of the WF group was transferred and housed in a conventional barn and replaced by part of the conventional group (CC), forming four groups (WF ,CC1 ,CC2 and CC3). For analysis of production was calculated the average daily feed intake (DFI), average daily gain (ADG) and feed conversion ratio (FCR). For economic analysis were determined the cost of ration per kilogram of live weight gain, the index of economic efficiency (IEE) and cost index (CI) . The health examination consisted of clinical monitoring (incidence of diarrhea, cough and sneezing), laboratory monitoring (necropsy and sample collection for histology and bacteriology) and slaughter, with the rates of pneumonia (IPP), atrophic rhinitis (RAP), kidney and liver lesions. Data were subjected to analysis of variance using the SAS statistical package, previously tested for normality of the residuals using the Shapiro-Wilk test, and the means of groups were compared by the Tukey test (5 %). Mortality was low in all groups, with the main reason of death the circovirosis. The rates of diarrhea were also not significant, with the highest incidence in nursery phase for the WF group. During the grow/finish the lowest index was of the WF, who not suffered transfer. Data from cough and sneezing were also not considered significant in all stages of review. In the slaughter-house the highest rates of RAP and IPP were of the WF group. The highest production rates for final body weight, ADG and CDR in nursery phase were of the WF group, but feed conversion ratio was better in CC. During the grow/finish the WF and CC3 group ended with similar final body weights and higher than the other groups. The ADG and FCR were equal to WF, CC1 and CC3 groups. In the economic aspect WF group had the lowest costs, with a difference of up to R$ 0.09 per kilogram of live weight gain compared to the other groups. The results of productive performance mainly linked with the economic aspect, shows that WF system can be a viable alternative for the pork industry / O trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o comportamento zootécnico, econômico e sanitário de suínos alojados no sistema wean-to-finish (WF) em comparação ao sistema convencional de produção. Foram avaliados dois grupos de suínos provenientes das mesmas unidades produtoras de leitões, nascidos e desmamados na mesma semana. Um grupo foi alojado em um sistema convencional de produção e o outro em um galpão WF adaptado, ambos em baias coletivas. Após o termino da fase de creche parte do grupo WF foi transferido e alojado em um galpão convencional, e substituído por parte do grupo convencional (CC), formando-se quatro grupos (WF, CC1, CC2 e CC3). Para análise de produção foi calculados o consumo médio diário de ração (CDR), o ganho médio de peso diário (GPD) e a conversão alimentar (CA). Para análise econômica foram determinados o custo em ração por quilograma de ganho de peso vivo, o índice de eficiência econômica (IEE) e o índice de custo (IC). A análise sanitária consistiu em monitoria clínica (incidência de diarreia, tosse e espirro), monitoria laboratorial (necropsia com coleta de material para histologia e bacteriologia) e de abate, com os índices de pneumonia (IPP), rinite atrófica (RAP), lesões renais e hepáticas. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância utilizando-se o pacote estatístico SAS, previamente testados para normalidade dos resíduos pelo teste de Shapiro-Wilk, e as médias dos grupos comparadas pelo teste de Tukey (5%). A mortalidade foi baixa em todos os grupos, tendo como principal causa mortis a circovirose. Os índices de diarreia também não foram significativos, com maior incidência na fase de creche para o grupo WF. Nas fases de crescimento e terminação o índice mais baixo foi do WF que não sofreu transferência. Os dados de tosse e espirro também não foram considerados significativos em todas as fases de avaliação. No frigorífico os maiores índices de RAP e IPP foram do grupo WF. Os maiores índices produtivos para peso médio e GPD e CDR finais na fase de creche foram do grupo WF, porém a conversão alimentar do CC foi melhor. Nas fases de crescimento e terminação o grupo WF e o CC3 terminaram com peso médio final semelhante e maiores que os outros grupos. O GPD e a CA foram iguais para os grupos WF, CC1 e CC3. No aspecto econômico o grupo WF apresentou os menores custos, com diferença de até R$ 0,09 por quilograma de ganho de peso vivo em comparação aos demais grupos. Os resultados do desempenho produtivo associados principalmente ao aspecto econômico ajudaram a concluir que o sistema WF é uma alternativa viável dentro da cadeia produtiva de suínos

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