Heat stress in swine: Impact and strategies to combat
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 >>>
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 >>>
Commercial pig farming in India for meat production is yet to flare up. Also, it is one of the best and profitable business ideas for entrepreneurs. >>>
African swine fever is one of them. It is an important viral disease of pig which is responsible for major economic loses in the pig industry worldwide. African >>>
Shri Mrinal Sohkhwai (34 years), an unemployed youth from Borkhatsari Village, Marngar Cluster, Ri-Bhoi, Meghalaya and his family depended mainly on agriculture as a source of income. They used to >>>
The ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, Assam and Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research Society (IAAVR), Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh jointly organized the National >>>
The Bihar government has launched a new scheme under the state scheme to promote piggery for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. >>>
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus is considered to be one of the most costly diseases affecting intensive pig production worldwide. PRRS is recognized as an economically important swine disease worldwide. >>>
Agriculture in India is considered as the mainstay for a majority of people. Among the sub- sectors of agriculture, animal husbandry and livestock play a signif >>>
The summer season presents additional challenges with regard to the management of finishing pigs. Under a wide range of situations and production systems heat stress can occur in all classes of pigs. When pigs are not properly managed, the hot weather tends to have adverse effects in relation to pig performance during its finishing stage. >>>
Central Government today declare the rate of compensation to the pig owners for culling of >>>
When people of Assam are fighting against novel coronavirus, another pestilence has hit the state, >>>
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) and Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department >>>