Present Population and Problems in Pig Farming in India
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. >>>
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). >>>
African swine fever (ASF) is a trans-boundary, OIE listed viral disease of domestic and wild pigs belonging to family Suidae (all breeds and ages). It is also known as warthog disease and African >>>
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 >>>
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 >>>
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 >>>
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 >>>
Uterine prolapse is occasionally observed in pigs up to several days after parturition or during farrowing. Excessive abdominal pressure or straining due to mal-position of fetus >>>
Several managemental and husbandry practices influence the incidence of diseases in pig farms, out of which, MMA syndrome is a wide spread disease complex of pig with multiple etiology. The disease >>>
Swine flu also known as Swine influenza / Pig influenza / Hog flu / Pig flu. The first reports of influenza like disease in pigs occurred in both US and Europe in conjunction with 1918 Human influenza >>>
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious, devastating disease of pigs and wild boars causing severe mortality. ASF is caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV) >>>