Evaluación de castración quirúrgica vs inmunocastración en lechones machos.

Abstract

The investigative work was carried out at the “Porcinetic” farm, located in the El Triunfo canton. The project was divided into two treatments, with 20 male piglets in each group, in which two different castration techniques were applied to male piglets. The objective of the research work was to evaluate the effects of surgical castration vs immunocastration, comparing the weight gain in male piglets. At the end of the research work, in an analysis of the results obtained during the research, it was determined that the best method to be used is immunocastration, since the group with this treatment obtained a greater weight increase in a time of 12 weeks of age, low mortality rate and higher profitability since in the final weight of the research time a difference of 2.34 kg of weight was obtained in contrast to surgical castration, which is very favorable for the productive parameters of a pig production, being also highly recommended for the health and well-being of production animals.