Flow transport of pigs for slaughter in the State of MatoGrosso

Abstract

We aimed to describe the flow of slaughter pigs produced in MatoGrossobetween 2008 and 2012. We used data 9.426.729 of pork produced in MatoGrosso and transported for slaughter from January 2008 to December 2012, which conducted a descriptive analysis of the information, with frequencies of origin and destination; males and females in terms of months and years and the distances traveled. There was growth in the number of trips and pigs transported the State of MatoGrosso, with average values of 19.83 and 19.61% in the study period, respectively. There was a variation from 142.73 to 147.42 of pigs transported per trip. The frequencies of the lower transport distances increased to 200 km, while reducing the frequency of those up to 500 km. Therefore concludes that long of years there have been changes on the volume of animals, distance and routes, which, increased the volume of transported pigs, reduced the volume of pigs transported long distances, and there was installation of plant closest to the production of pigs. Thus, 73.47% of pigs transported to slaughter traveled between zero and 200 km from origin to destination, and the average distance was 205.74 km.