Implementación de un programa de manejo técnico para ovinos mestizos en la granja engunga de la Empresa Avícola Fernández S.A. en la provincia de Santa Elena

Abstract

In the province of Santa Elena, at the Engunga farm Avicola Fernandez S.A., a technical management program for crossbred sheep was implemented. The experimental units consisted of 75 crossbred sheep among Dorper, Katahdin, Pelibuey and Black Belly races. An initial diagnosis of the farm was made and samples of blood and feces were taken, the same ones that were sent to a certified laboratory of AGROCALIDAD, in order to determine the presence of parasitic and infectious diseases in animals. Among the results obtained, it was determined that the herd is under an extensive management system. Records should be implemented to evaluate productive and reproductive parameters of the farm. The sheep of Engunga farm had a parasite incidence of 31% of the total sampled animals, whit 24% in young animals and 34% in adult animals with a mean of 291.8 and 525 eggs per gram respectively. The results of the Brucellosis test were negative. They are healthy animals and of high genetic quality, this condition could be exploited with an adequate technical management. Therefore, it is recommended that the technical management program designed to improve and optimize the sheep production of the Engunga farm should be rigorously applied