Implementación de un sistema semiautomático para la recolección de huevos en la Unidad de Investigación Avícola de la Facultad de Ciencias Pecuarias

Abstract

The current work was conducted in the Poultry Research Academic Unit of the Faculty of Animal Science at the Polytechnic school of Chimborazo, located in the South Panamericana Km. 1 ½ Riobamba. For this study 140 Loman Brown laying were used. They were distributed in two rows for the evaluation of harvesting by hand and mechanical; it lasted 180 days. The experimental results obtained were analyzed descriptive statistic s. It was shown that mechanical harvesting is more efficient than the manual, because fewer amount of broken eggs were gained, thus the amount of healthy eggs were, the efficiency of the machine was of 81.53%; however that mechanical harvesting is noisier than manual harvesting overcoming in 17.31 dB. It was expressed besides that the use of the machine does not cause stress in birds which was demonstrated the variables to evaluate weight loss showing a decrease 6.97 g; there was no difference in the losses of consumption and production was not affected. The cost of implementation of the machine amounts to 4184 USD and this value is justifiable by the benefits gained For the above reasons it is recommended to encourage small and medium producers to implement this type of technology in their poultry farm, showing the benefits that can be obtained as reducing time and loss of broken or fissured eggs.