The total Pigs in the country is 9.06 Million in the current Census 2019, declined by 12.03% over the previous Census (2012). About 1.7% of the total livestock is contributed by pigs. >>>
At every stage of the production cycle of pigs, abiotic stresses like heat stress and cold stress severely impairs efficiency. Heat stress is one of the largest economic barriers to the pork industry since pigs are mainly sensitive to heat stress >>>
India with its fast growing population faces huge challenge regarding increasing demand of livestock products and food security. This challenge can be overcome by an integrated >>>
Since its domestication some 5000 years ago, pig is now one of the important sources of meat across the globe contributing almost 35% of the total meat production worldwide (as per 2018 data). >>>
Pigs provide an important source of high-quality protein and production is predicted to increase in future to meet growing global demands for meat. However, the supply of pork is >>>
Classical swine fever (CSF), often known as Hog cholera, is caused by the CSF virus (CSFV), which can cause significant morbidity and mortality in pigs. It has tremendous impact on pigs >>>
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is an economically devastating viral disease affecting the swine industry worldwide. It is caused by single-stranded RNA virus in the >>>
Streptococcosis is a group of infectious factorial diseases that affect mainly young animals of many species, caused by pathogenic streptococci and manifested in acute by septicemia and >>>
Actinobacillus pleuropnemonia is a common primary bacterial pneumonia in swine populations in worldwide. Porcine Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia, caused by Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) >>>
The total livestock population is 535.78 million in the country showing an increase of 4.6% over previous census-2012. The total pig population in country is 9.06 million in current census. Number registered breed of pig in India: 8 >>>
Iron deficiency in piglets leads to abnormality in the levels of red blood cells around the body. Piglet anemia is a hypochromic microcytic anemia decreases the capability of these cells to carry on oxygen >>>
porcine pasteurellosis include deviation of snout, retarded growth, dyspnoea and bluish discoloration of skin. P. multocida is the most common zoonotic isolate found in human diseases, and it is transmitted to people through animal bites or contact with nasal secretions >>>
Pigs are more prone to heat stress compare to other farm animals, because they do not have sweat glands, have relatively small lungs, and possess a thick subcutaneous layer of adipose tissue >>>
Diagnosis of nutritional deficiency diseases is difficult by observation. Clinical symptoms are often product of a combination factors like malnutrition, poor managemental practices and infectious d >>>
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