Comportamiento productivo de los pollos parrilleros en ambientes controlados y manuales.

Abstract

This research project had as objective to compare the productive behavior of broiler chickens in controlled and manual environments, taking as a source different scientific publications such as scientific pages, databases such as: Dspace Espoch, E-book, Scielo, scientific articles, doctoral and postgraduate theses, the productive parameters compared were: weight gain (g) until slaughter, accumulated feed consumption (g), feed conversion (index) and accumulated mortality. The study parameters were evaluated where a weight gain of 309 g, 30 (g), 259.25 (g) more was obtained in controlled environments compared to manual respectively, thus feed consumption varies as follows -220.64 (g), 11 (g), 512.22 (g) the automated system over the conventional one, Regarding feed conversion, values from 1.56 to 1.92 are observed in automated systems and values from 1.77 to 2 in traditional care sheds, and finally, in mortality, values from 1.85 to 16% are reported for automated systems and 2.46 to 25% in manual systems. It is concluded that the higher the environmental comfort, the higher the feed consumption of the birds, and therefore, the better the weight gain with the use of an automated care system improving feed conversion and a low mortality rate, the variations are due to external factors not controlled at the study time. It is recommended to anticipate all possible factors and variants within the automated chicken coop to avoid losses and low performance.