Evaluación del crecimiento y grasa dorsal del cerdo criollo del cantón Guamote provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

In the present work, the growth and dorsal fat of the Creole pig was evaluated in a traditional system of two communities of Palmira Parish, Guamote Canton, Chimborazo Province. With the aim of determining the growth of the livestock and evaluating its productive parameters, variables such as: elevation to the cross, initial and final weight, feed consumption, feed conversion, weight gain, initial and final dorsal fat. This investigation was carried out with 30 pigs of Creole biotype which were 17 males and 13 adult females. In the analysis, descriptive statistics and a T-student design were used, with results for females of 65.85 ± 13.50 kg and males of 65.47 ±10.18 kg. The final weight was obtained after 30 days to the initial intake with an average of 67.69 ± 9.94 kg and 68.07 ± 13.17 kg for males and females. In the consumption of feed, a higher value was found in females with 2.18 ± 0.24 kg and in males with 2.17 ± 0.12 kg. Dorsal fat is higher in males with 22.65 ± 5.25 (mm) and in females 17.25± 6.19 (mm). The weight gain in males was 2.32 ± 0.54 kg and in females from 2.22 ± 0.45 kg. The feed conversion in females presented a higher average than in males with l.02± 0.22 and 0.97± 0.19 respectively. Thus concluding that it was possible to determine that the breeding of Creole pigs in a traditional system is intended for self - consumption and rarely for marketing, in addition according to the parameters analyzed the growth of these animals is similar to other introduced breeds. It is recommended to take into account local eco types as they can provide excellent genetic material improving genetic quality and production parameters.