Avaliação da Ambiência, bem-estar e comportamento de porcas lactantes criadas em sistema intensivo

Abstract

The following work describes the activities performed in the supervised internship at a swine farm, located in the State of Ceara. with office located in Maranguape. The company is made up of twelve pig production units and two feed factory. However, this internship was focused on only one unit called Tangueira. The place has capacity to house 1500 animals, living in a confined mode. Because it is a piglet unit production, only male and female breading pigs can be found along together with piglets, until theier nursery stage. After the nursery phase they are sent to the terminating units (UT), located in the country side of the Ceara state. This work will report the routine of the UPL Tangueira with a greater focus on the maternity stage. Showing all the management applied, and also detailing the whole environment, behavior and welfare of the animals in this stage of production.