"·Implementaciòn de jaulas porcinas en el área de producción de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias"

Abstract

The present work was carried out in the Experimental Center of Veterinary Medicine PHASE 2 and its objective was to Advise the Technical Implementation of cages for maternity and pregnancy in the pig farm of the facilities attached to the production area of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. The project was executed in five months; the first two dedicated to the preparation and assembly of 15 covering and control cages, which have a double door to facilitate the handling of individual bristles, feeders and drinking; another month was used to install the mother slats floor in the maternity area; and the other two months for the assembly of eight cages in the maternity area, which have an easy rear door to remove in case of emergency and divided with iron plates, and provisions of individual drinking troughs and feeders. At the end of the project stages, the facilities will be in a 60% completion for commissioning. Likewise, we can conclude that these facilities will be very useful for the race and the community in general, because in them students will be able to develop practical activities in subjects related to this animal species. In addition, the correct management of these facilities can become a model of good practices in pig production systems, where the principles of animal welfare are complied with, and in this way they can be taken as references by the pig producers in the community. Keywords: maternity, pregnancy, farm, swine, animal welfare.