- What are major problem in pig rearing?
Religious & Social taboos
- What are major breeds used in pig rearing?
Large white yarkshire
- How to select male and female as breedy store?
Pedigree report
- What are steps to taken during furrowing?
Put her in furrowing per
- What are advantage of castration in piglet and when to do it?
Good body weight & Docile behaviour
- What is precaution to be taken while feeding hostel and hotel wastes?
Boil them
- How to clean the shed?
Morning & evening with water; Weekly thrice with bleaching powder
- What are records to be maintained in a pig farm?
Young stock, Adult stock & breeding stock
- How to construct a shed for pig?
Pen & Run
- Why pig farming is not popular in India?
Social taboos, False thinking about pigs, Lack of awareness & dirty behavior of desi pigs
- What are the symptoms of oestrus in pig?
Oestrus discharge, swollen vulvas – pricked ear – frequent urination – Grunting – pressing of Hindquarters against walls - restlessness.
Tests: Approaching hind quarters – no mobility.
Riding test: pressing over loin / croup region or even sitting over back will make no movement – standing heat – oestrus- By teasing – Teasers
- What are economic traits of pig?
1.Litter Size 2. Weight at Birth 3. Weaning Weight; 4. Litter size at Weaning; 5.Feed efficiency – Feed consumed per of kg of Live weight; 6. Mortality percentage
Growth rate:
a. Birth to Weaning --- Weaning weight - birth weight / 56 days
b. Weaning to 154 days---Weight at 154 days-Weaning weight/ 98 days
c. Weight at 154 days to 210 days ---Weight at 210 days - Weight at 154 days / 154 days
- How to dispose the dead pig?
Bury /Burn
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