Influência do manejo de cortinas sobre o desempenho de suínos na fase de terminação

Abstract

In order to serve the internal and external market, using modern practices and more efficient animals, the animal production systems is increasingly needed. However, the use of more exigent animals requires more attention to the production system, since these animals need higher standards of management and housing. The environment temperature is a factor that may alter swine physiology, through variations in feed intake and, therefore, in carcass composition and organs weight. It was aimed whit this experiment the influence of curtain management on the final performance of pigs in a grow-finish phase. The animals housed in shed 2 had a higher final weight (P <0.05) at the end of the experiment, showing that curtain management influenced the performance of these animals during the last two experimental fortnights, where significant differences were found between internal temperatures of the two sheds (P <0.05). The management of curtains interfered positively in the performance of the animals, and its use could be recommended to ensure a better profitability of the production system.