Caracterización morfológica del cerdo criollo Pillareño del cantón Guamote de Ecuador

We morphologically characterized the creole pig of the Guamote canton located 44 km from the city Riobamba, belonging to the province of Chimborazo. The investigation lasted for 60 days, during which a descriptive methodology for the morphological characterization was performed in a population sample of 72 animals, measuring a 14 zoometric and seven phaneroptical variables. Additionally, seven proportional zoom indexes of male and female pigs over six months of age. Avcerages for the zoometric measurements of the Creole pigs of the Guamote canton were; LK 24.64 cm; LC 15.11 cm; AK 14.77cm; AO 15.71 cm; LO 19.56 cm; AC 59.54 cm; AG 65.92 cm; DL 81.61; SDD 31.40 cm; DB 26.94 cm; ANG 25.02 cm; LG 25.85 cm; PT 91.24 cm; PC 16.91 cm; and PV 59.61 kg. According to the panoptical variables and zoometric indexes, it is concluded that the Creole pig belonging to the Guamote canton is an animal with characteristics similar to the Iberian pig of the Gabana variety with a completely black coat without spots, dark mucous membranes, long and abundant hair, in profile sub-concave, dolichocephalic in which the length of its face predominates over the width, good depth of chest which determines its functionality and rusticity, with a rump of curved lines very good for reproduction, eumetrics or medium-sized with no lamellas and syndactyly, which is why it is recommended to guarantee the conservation of Creole pigs in the Guamote canton, since it constitutes a zoogenetic resource of great importance through the generation of genetic nuclei in the area, thus allowing new generations to inherit the great wealth and diversity of the genetic resources existing in Ecuador.