dc.contributor.author | Duarte Borges, Tâmara | |
dc.contributor.author | Huerta-Jimenez, Mariana | |
dc.contributor.author | Casal, Nicolau | |
dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez, Joel | |
dc.contributor.author | Panella-Riera, Nuria | |
dc.contributor.author | Dalmau, Antoni | |
dc.contributor.other | Producció Animal | ca |
dc.contributor.other | Indústries Alimentàries | ca |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-02T18:26:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-02T18:26:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Borges, Tâmara Duarte, Mariana Huerta-Jimenez, Nicolau Casal, Joel Gonzalez, Nuria Panella-Riera, and Antoni Dalmau. 2020. "To Provide A Double Feeder In Growing Pigs Housed Under High Environmental Temperatures Reduces Social Interactions But Does Not Improve Weight Gains". Animals 10 (12): 2248. doi:10.3390/ani10122248. | ca |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-2615 | ca |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/996 | |
dc.description.abstract | Heat stress and competition for food are two major challenges in pigs reared in intensive
conditions. The aim of the present work was to study the e ect of providing a double feeder for pigs
reared under two di erent environmental temperatures. In addition, two types of flooring, of 100%
slat and 30% slat 70% concrete, were also considered. A total of 256 pigs in the growing-finishing
period (from 27 kg to 110 kg) were housed using two environmental temperatures: control (from 18 C
to 25 C) and heat stress (above 30 C six hours a day). They were housed in 32 pens of 8 pigs each,
distributed into 4 rooms (16 with one feeder and 16 with two). Pigs subjected to temperatures above
30 C up to six hours had lower body weight gains than pigs subjected to a maximum temperature of
25 C, confirming that thermal stress negatively a ects performance in pigs. In addition, heat stress
a ected the final product by decreasing the lean percentage of carcasses by 2.6%. A double feeder
reduced the presence of negative social behavior, especially in the feeding area, but body weight was
lower than when one single feeder was used. A 30% slat 70% concrete floor showed better results in
the pig stress indicators and body weights than 100% slat. It is concluded that providing a double
feeder in the pens, although reducing the presence of negative social interactions, negatively a ected
body weight, in comparison to pigs fed with just one feeder. | ca |
dc.format.extent | 20 | ca |
dc.language.iso | eng | ca |
dc.publisher | MDPI | ca |
dc.relation.ispartof | Animals | ca |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | ca |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | To Provide a Double Feeder in Growing Pigs Housed under High Environmental Temperatures Reduces Social Interactions but Does Not Improve Weight Gains | ca |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | ca |
dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | ca |
dc.rights.accessLevel | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.embargo.terms | cap | ca |
dc.relation.projectID | INIA/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la Sociedad/RTA2013-00090-C02-01/ES/Estrategias alimentarias y de manejo para reducir los efectos del estrés térmico en caracteres productivos, de calidad de carne y de bienestar en el porcino criado en España/ | ca |
dc.subject.udc | 636 | ca |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10122248 | ca |
dc.contributor.group | Benestar Animal | ca |
dc.contributor.group | Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària | ca |