Management of the deep bedding system in pig farming: An alternative to improve production and animal welfare in the Ecuadorian Amazon

The Ecuadorian Amazon region presents a progressive growth of the pig sector, in recent years a way has been sought to obtain a technician production to improve productive and reproductive yields with low levels of environmental pollution and that promote animal welfare at a minimum cost. The objective of this work was to describe the current situation of the deep bedding management system in swine production in the Ecuadorian Amazon region based on the review of scientific information. The present study was exploratory and was based on a bibliographic compilation. The implementation of the deep bedding system in the Ecuadorian Amazon allows to raise pigs with efficient management, in which different adsorbent materials are being used (rice husk, sawdust, shavings and cane bagasse), its implementation allows to reduce the construction costs of facilities, daily cleaning is not carried out, there is a reduction in personnel costs, there is optimization of the consumption of drinking water and cleaning activities, reduction in the emission of odors and liquid and solid waste in tributaries and effluents that produce bad odor, the presence of flies, rodents and other species of animals outside the pig farm. The production of pigs in deep bedding contributes to the improvement of productive indicators, reduces the emission of polluting gases, minimizes the production costs of the system, and guarantees compliance with animal welfare regulations.