Resumen

REYES AVILA, I.R.; PEREZ PINEDA, E.; PEREZ FREEMAN, F.  y  REYES AVILA, L.E.. Congenital malformations in non specialized pig breeding sector in the eastern Cuba. Arch. zootec. [online]. 2010, vol.59, n.228, pp.601-604. ISSN 1885-4494.

Whit the objective of quantify the incidence of pig congenital malformations in the non specialized sector in eastern of Cuba, an amount of 325 litters, from different genotypes of the most frequently used breeds in this zone was analyzed. The malformations were detected by observation and quantified, its significance was determined with respect to the total amount of piglets. Inguinoescrotal hernia resulted to be the most frequent of all. It was concluded that the number of births presenting malformations is very high, 9.07% of the total of cases. An alert is emitted for a necessity of being rigorous in selecting breeders from non specialized productive sector.

Palabras clave : Creole pig.

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