Bem-estar e produtividade de suínos

Abstract

The raising swine is a foundation of world’s livestock, since some countries stand out in production, mainly on the European continent. The Brazil stands out for high production, in recent years increased interest with genetics, management, nutrition and animal welfare. The society is worrying about animals. Research emerged and found that these animals reared outside their naturals condition of the life undergo a stress caused for factors such as inadequate temperature in different categories, types of facilities used. Gestation period, for example, is a critical phase for females swine, because when housed in individual without having adequate space, with basic difficulties how to turn around, lie down and be able to interact socially with other pigs, resulting in aggressive behavior and loss of production. Join the welfare and production costs generates the producer often don’t want to leave the high industrial scale production, despite growing consumer demand, especially the foreign market.