TY  - JOUR
TT  - Influence of Pasture Composition and Weather Conditions on the Productivity and Behavioral Reactions of Pigs of East Balkan Breed
AU  - Palova, Nadezhda
PY  - 2017
DA  - September
JF  - Tekirdağ Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi
JO  - JOTAF
PB  - Tekirdag Namik Kemal University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1302-7050
SP  - 99
EP  - 103
KW  - Doğu Balkan domuzu
KW  - otlak
KW  - iklim faktörleri
KW  - büyüme
N2  - In the Agricultural Experimental station- Sredets, in Strandzha region, a study was conducted with two groups of 10pigs of East Balkan breed. The experiment began after weaning at 60 days of age (8,91 and 8,81 kg) and continuedto the age of 123 days (28,02 and 26,48 kg live mass). The period from May (spring) to the end of August (summer)was covered. The purpose of this study was to investigate the productivity and some behavioral reactions of EastBalkan pigs depending on the composition of the pasture and weather conditions. The pastures in Strandzha are nothighly productive - from 890 to 1320 kg/daa and with low nutritional value - the protein content ranges from 8,89 to12,1 % in the spring and from 5.53 to 5.91% during the summer. Growing pigs in the control group have achievedaverage daily gain of 0.155 kg throughout the whole period and the pigs from the experimental group 0.144 kg. Thisindicating that the various chemical and botanical composition of the herbageas well as herbage yield did notsignificantly affect the live weight of animals. Major influence on the productivity and behavior of piglets from theEast Balkan breed have weather conditions during the season. The behavior of the two groups of pigs was observedfor two consecutive days for 8 hours during the spring season (May) and summer (July). In the spring, the activity ofthe animals of both groups (83% and 89%), was higher compared to the summer (62% and 73%).
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UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jotaf/issue//336436
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/338241
ER  -