Studies on the effect of the number of farrowed sows in heat per box

This scientific paper has as main objective the way how the type of box influences the number of farrowed sow. The number of sows of the Landrace breed that are in heat after weaning the piglets, tidmatter the duration of lactation or the number of boxes they are located in, is considerably larger than that of oestrus sows during lactation. Animal density in the box obviously influenced the appearance of heat, the largest share being in sows located by seven, i.e. 96.25%, and the lowest one, 59.68%, was in the sows located in larger boxes (32 capita). Achieving high performances of production and reproduction in raising swine greatly depends on the way animals are taken care of and exploited, i.e. the shedding system, the exploitation technology, the building material of the sheds, inside equipment, and degree of mechanisation. In sows with a 35-day lactation, the share of post partum heat occurrence had close values (though somewhat smaller), oscillating between 19.52% and 23.33%

The main elements of religious cultural heritage in Periam, Timis County in Romania

This paper provides a detailed list and description on the main elements of religious cultural heritage of Periam Commune in Romania. In order to promote religious tourism and genealogical tourism, we need to identify man-made resources – particularly Baroque ones, considered unique in this part of the world.The Baroque – a universal, aesthetic concept and phenomenon with periodical, differentiated appearances – took shape in Central Europe in the 17th century. It has been included among the main categories of spirituality and forma mentis: together with Classicism and Romanticism, it is a Utopian type of contemplation of the existence of a fundamental way of living and feeling. The Commune of Periam, an old Romanian locality and port to the Mures River, in the vicinity of Sânnicolau Mare, was attested documentarily ever since 1330. Its main assets are both natural and man-made, but it is remarkable due to its Baroque monuments – the Church John of Nepomuk, the statue of the Holy Gift, and the statue of the Crucifixion

Rural development in the Banat area

In the context of huge problems engendered by the European agricultural policy and related to rural area development, the rural area on the whole needs new perspectives to ensure a positive evolution of the human communities. Romania, a member of the European Union for over 5 years now, needs to valorise all its natural, human, and cultural resources of the rural area to be able to face a strong competition and to maintain biodiversity

Animal vulnerability and the necessity of protecting them

In Romania, there are at least 14 animal species represented by 123 animal breeds and pure lines listed on the List of animal genetic resources in critical state, threatened, or vulnerable. Though these animal species need to be protected, their conservation has not been supported financially. These categories of vulnerable animals are represented by: 13 sheep breeds, 19 fish species and breeds, 2 goat breeds, 2 swine breeds, 4 goose breeds, 61 chicken breeds and pure lines, 7 turkey populations, 7 duck breeds, the Romanian buffalo, and a bovine breed, the Sură de stepă

Emergency situations in soil pollution by animal wastes

The analysed indices were identical during the entire research period, and so were the measurement methods used in the laboratory (pH, total humus, total nitrogen, mobile phosphorus, potassium). The evolution of the soil pollution by animal wastes from the farm animals in the Arad area point out a high level of soil pollution because of the low values of the pH, of the low soil bonitation scores, of the secondary compaction in the first genetic horizon. After a poultry farms ceases to operate, soil pollution persists, with a slight tendency to decrease naturally

Dynamics of livestock and production of sheep and goats exploited in farms from Romania

With its about 10 million sheep and goats, Romania ranks third in Europe after United Kingdom and Spain. Though, in Romania, lamb consumption is significant only at Easter, at world level mutton is much appreciated. In Romania, according to the General Agricultural Census in 2010, there were 8,386,000 sheep, of which 8,152,000 (97.21%) on agricultural establishments with no legal personality and 234,000 (2.79%) on legal personality establishments. There were also 1,237,000 goats exclusively on farms with no legal personality. The domestic market, lamb demand has decreased these last years significantly because of the decrease of the purchase power of the Romanians and because of the better export price. Demands at world level ask Romanian sheep breeders to improve their animals in order to produce better meat and milk. Romania benefits from a series of factors that will allow it, in time, to achieve better performances both quantitatively and qualitatively, particularly in sheep

Beef carcase quality in Romania (2006-2011)

Total meat production is an important technical and economical indicator. It is assessed in every production unit and is expressed as the live weight of animals to be slaughtered or as the amount of meat in a carcass. In 2010, the share of young bulls slaughtered was 20.90% of the total bovines slaughtered in authorised slaughterhouses, i.e. 7.0% lower than in 2007. The largest share was that of cows, which points to export activities of live young bulls. The information are collected for bulletins of the Romanian Patronage of Meat and the Carcass Grading Commission. We can see that the quality of bovine carcases slaughtered during the period analysed does not range within the upper limits of the EUROP objective evaluation system, which asks for the introduction of new subdivisions because of the lack of animals that match the categories “Excellent”, “Very good” and “Good” after conformation. To improve the quality of carcases, we need to improve the genetic material, to reduce uncontrolled exports of live animals and to develop a market for the purchase of live animals to be slaughtered in authorised slaughterhouses