STUDY REGARDING BREEDING AND EXPLOITATION OF MANGALITA SWINE BREED IN ROMANIA AND AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

Abstract

Ensuring the necessary swine meat according to the needs of the market requires resorting to obtaining it in other production systems, using traditional, rustic breeds, resistant to outdoor exploitation conditions, due to the special quality of the meat and the high demand for traditional products with long service life, because the classic industrial system does not meet the needs of the processing industry. Obtaining constant productions in the alternative production system, using swine from the Mangalita breed, implies the constant maintenance of herds and the increase of individual productions, for the efficiency of exploitation, through managerial biosecurity measures that contribute to the improvement of technological indices and the provision of an increased amount of meat. All color varieties of the Mangalita swine breed have lower technical parameters in all economic indicators compared to modern swine breeds, but due to the special quality of the meat and the high demand on the market, the breeding and exploitation of the breed is an alternative for small professional farms and environments for their economic recovery, due to the special characteristics of the species, the better tolerance to climatic conditions and the high capacity to convert plant resources from the pasture into meat.