Premises for rearing gilts and young boars

Abstract

The implementation of intensive pork production technologies is one of the priority directions of the
development of the agro-industrial complex. The analysis of publications made it possible to conclude that a
large number of equipment for housing pigs has been developed over the last decade. Such solutions make it
possible to efficiently rear pigs with high productivity indexes, but they do not provide the animals with
motion to maintain a high health status. This is especially important for repair young pigs. The aim of the
study was to improve the method of rearing young boars and gilts, as well as to prove its effectiveness in
comparison with traditional conditions of housing. To achieve the set goal, the following tasks were solved:
to develop a new light-type premise for housing young boars and gilts with means of active motion;
production verification of the proposed method of housing. The research was conducted at “Agroprime
Holding” LLC, Odesa region, Bolgrad district, on 80 repair young animals from four to eight months of age.
Animals of the control group to a perfected housed in closed pigsties without walking, and the animals of the
experimental group were housed in a light-type premise with an installed ring-type simulator. As a result of
research, the premise for housing piglets has been improved, which creates conditions for active dosed
exercise. To do this, an electric motor with a rotor was placed in the center of the inner circular arena on a
triangular support, to which are attached radial partitions with supporting wheels that move on a solid
surface and provide a dosed motion of the animals on the outer arena. In addition, walking platforms, doors
and windows are isolated from the outside environment with a reinforced mosquito net, which excludes the
penetration of flies and mosquitoes, thereby ensuring biosecurity. In the process of production inspection, it
was determined that the applied method of rearing repair young animals from 4 to 8 months of age in an
innovative premise ensures the biosafety of animals from the penetration of infectious disease spreaders and
contributed to an increase in the growth energy of repair gilts (by 6.39 %) and young boars (by 6.78 %).