Most of the movements from farms and traders start early (05H00);
subsequently, a large part of them originate from markets (09H00 to
14H00) (Fig. 4A). On average, the time of the day with the highest
movement activity was 07H30 for traders, 07H37 for markets, 10H54 for
industrials and 07H40 for farms, which also had a second peak of
activity at approximately 16H00, related to afternoon movements to
traders that intermediate the next day’s early mobilisations to markets
and abattoirs (Fig. 4B). The average time to abattoirs by type of
producer was 13H06 for traders, 09H48 for markets and 12H30 for
industrials and farms (Fig. 4B).
Figure 4. Description of the number of pig movements and the occurring
time, grouped by type of origin premises in Ecuador (2017–2019). (A)
Destination to other premises. (B) Destination to abattoirs.