The seasonal effect on the performance of pigs reared in a backyard pig farm in Thailand: retrospective study

IF 0.3 Q4 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture Pub Date : 2022-08-18 DOI:10.14710/jitaa.47.4.328-339

M. Lothong, K. Anurud, S. Semsirmboon, S. Poonyachoti, S. Thammachareon

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Abstract

This study aimed to determine the seasonal effect on the performance of pigs reared in open-barn housing in Thailand. This retrospective study was performed using two years of recorded pig perfor-mance, including average birth weight, litter size, percentage of born alive and dead piglets, weaning weight, average daily gain (ADG), percentage of weaned alive and dead piglets and meteorological data. Data were grouped based on 3 different seasons: winter, summer and the rainy season, and the differences were compared. The highest temperature–humidity index (THI) was found during summer (85.3 ± 0.2) and the THI of the rainy season was higher than that in winter (between 82.3 ± 0.2 and 77.2 ± 0.4) (p < 0.05). The piglet growth performance was affected by season (p < 0.05). The weaning weight of piglets in the rainy season was higher than that in winter but not different from that in sum-mer. The highest ADG was observed in the rainy season. In summary, growth performance of suckling pigs reared in open-barn housing in Thailand was affected by the season. The optimal climate promot-ing growth of nursery pigs was determined to be the rainy season.

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季节对泰国后院养猪场养猪生产性能的影响:回顾性研究

本研究旨在确定季节对泰国开放式猪舍饲养猪生产性能的影响。这项回顾性研究使用了两年的猪生产性能记录，包括平均初生重、窝产仔数、出生活仔和死仔百分比、断奶重、平均日增重(ADG)、断奶活仔和死仔百分比以及气象数据。将数据按冬、夏、雨季3个季节进行分组，比较差异。温湿指数(THI)夏季最高(85.3±0.2)，雨季高于冬季(82.3±0.2 ~ 77.2±0.4)(p < 0.05)。仔猪生长性能受季节影响显著(p < 0.05)。雨季仔猪断奶重高于冬季，与夏季无显著差异。平均日增重在雨季最高。综上所述，泰国露天猪舍饲养的乳猪生长性能受季节影响。确定了促进苗猪生长的最佳气候为雨季。

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Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE-

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期刊介绍： Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture (JITAA) is a double blind peer-reviewed publication devoted to disseminate all information contributing to the understanding and development of animal agriculture in the tropics by publication of original research papers. The journal covers all aspect relating to Animal Agriculture, including: -Animal breeding and genetics -Animal feeding and nutrition -Animal reproduction -Animal biotechnology -Animal physiology -Animal production and technology -Animal products technology -Animal management and economics -Animal products processing and animal by-products -Animal microbiology -Livestock farming systems -Other related topics in relation to animal science. The topics of research are not only on Indonesian tropical animal agriculture, but also on other tropical regions of the world.