Innovative technologies in animal husbandry

Aquator – an innovative technologу in animal husbandry – is  successfully applied in such areas of agriculture as cattle breeding, pig farming, rabbit farming and gives a significant increase in the productivity of enterprises and farms.

Taking into account the versatility of the Aquator technology, it can be used in any branch of animal husbandry. It helps to effectively solve the following tasks: increasing the productivity of meat production in cattle, pork and sheep herds, as well as increasing milk yields and improving milk quality.

Technology testing at the ALZU pig farm (South Africa)

The tests of the Aquator technology on the task of fattening piglets, separated from dairy feeding, were carried out at the ALZU pig farm located in Mpumalanga province, South Africa, from February 4 to March 18, 2015.

The test purpose was to make sure of the effectiveness of the stimulating matrix of the Aquator device on the water source, for post-suckling piglets, and its effect on meat quality, weight gain of piglets as well as their health.

The test was carried out on a group of animals consisting of 15 fattened piglets over a 56–day period, by means of measurements and estimates made by observations and measurements:

  • the rate of weekly average growth;
  • feed consumption level;
  • average daily weight gain;
  • feed conversion coefficient;
  • water consumption level;
  • water supply rates per minute;
  • fluctuations in water temperature;
  • general health conditions;
  • mortality.

Data obtained over a long-term period of fattening on the farm was used as  control one.

The entire fattening period consists of three stages: the stage of milk feeding (the first 56 days of life), the stage of direct fattening (the next 56 days) and the final stage before slaughter. The graph shows the growth curve of the average weight of piglets on the farm.

Drinking water was processed on a module consisting of a flow-storage tank, an Aquator device and an animal growth stimulator matrix. The general view of the module is shown in the figure below.

In the process of fattening, the following weekly results were obtained:

Following the results of three weeks of fattening, it became clear that the test piglets were obviously ahead of the control ones. For this reason it was decided to reduce the testing period from 8 to 6 weeks.

The following graph shows the comparative data obtained during the six weeks of testing in the test group with the control one.

The graph shows that already at the end of the stage of milk feeding, the piglets of the test group have superiority in body weight compared to the control one. This happens due to the fact that the properties of growth stimulants enter the body of piglets with the milk of a sow that consumes activated water. And the minimum weight of 50 kg required for slaughter, test piglets gain much earlier than the control ones.

Photos of test piglets on February 05, 2015

Photos of test piglets on February 18, 2015

Photos of test piglets on March 23, 2015

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