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encamisado de la cerda

English translation: farrowing cage or crate

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Spanish term or phrase:encamisado de la cerda
English translation:farrowing cage or crate
Entered by: John Speese

11:04 Apr 6, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Setting up a pig farm
Spanish term or phrase: encamisado de la cerda
The text is about setting up a pig farm, it is written by a veterinarian. Does this just mean once the sow has been impregnated or is there another meaning? The word "encamisar" also appears subsequently, but is stand-alone, in a table. The other option I came up with was "confined"

Full sentence:
Así, se reduce a la mitad el tiempo de adaptación entre **el encamisado de la cerda** y el parto, lo que permite ceder la otra mitad de ese tiempo a la camada, desde que nace hasta el destete
Jo Hance
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:59
farrowing cage or crate
Explanation:
Giuliana explained it really well. They call these kinds of cages farrowing crates or farrowing cages in English, at least here in the USA. There may be another term in the UK; I don't know. Google it and you'll find lots of pictures.
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John Speese
United States
Local time: 14:59
Grading comment
Thanks, I think we call them stalls, which is less pejorative than crate or cage. I know they are illegal, but this article comes from South America I think.
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4 +2farrowing cage or crate
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farrowing cage or crate


Explanation:
Giuliana explained it really well. They call these kinds of cages farrowing crates or farrowing cages in English, at least here in the USA. There may be another term in the UK; I don't know. Google it and you'll find lots of pictures.


    https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=farrowing+crate&qpvt=farrowing+crate&FORM=IGRE
John Speese
United States
Local time: 14:59
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Grading comment
Thanks, I think we call them stalls, which is less pejorative than crate or cage. I know they are illegal, but this article comes from South America I think.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taña Dalglish: https://www.viva.org.uk/pigs/farrowing-crate-fact-sheet (I think you are right and appears to be the same term used in the UK. However, the method seems almost barbaric, at the very least, this article's tone is quite negative, IMO).
1 hr
  -> I definitely agree that the method is controversial to say the very least and am personally in favor of more sustainable practices.
agree  Marie Wilson
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