ENRIQUECIMENTO AMBIENTAL PARA SUÍNOS NA FASE DE CRECHE

Abstract

The present study meets the need to produce an overview of theoretical references that make it possible to highlight the influence and the need to implement environmental enrichment for pig farming, in particular, for pigs in the nursery phase. In turn, establishing specific parameters that value animal welfare in pig farming, such as prioritizing the five domains of animals. The importance of implementing environmental enrichment in the nursery phase is emphasized, as the behavior of the animals may change in a way that they do not express the natural habits of the species due to the intensive breeding system, which leads them to undergo physical, social, occupational and sensory. The biggest challenge is regarding the implementation and operation of these materials (objects or mobiles) in pens and how these piglets subjected to such enrichment can be influenced in reducing stress and their stereotyped behaviors, such behaviors negatively contribute to pig performance. In this sense, this review aims to demonstrate that animal welfare meets the need for environmental enrichment, as well applied, the quality of life of pigs increases as well as the production rates, bringing the expected economic return to the pig farmer.