Factors Affecting reproduction in Pigs | with particular reference to small scale farming sector in the hills of Nepal

Narayan Prasad Shrestha

ISBN 10: 3848408597 / ISBN 13: 9783848408597

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

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Factors Affecting reproduction in Pigs | with particular reference to small scale farming sector in the hills of Nepal | Narayan Prasad Shrestha | Taschenbuch | 384 S. | Englisch | 2012 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783848408597 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Factors Affecting reproduction in Pigs | with particular reference to small scale farming sector in the hills of Nepal
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848408597
• ISBN 13: 9783848408597
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 24D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 590 grams
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Synopsis

This study reviews the factors affecting reproductive efficiency in PAC pigs and identifies the major constraints in traditional pig production systems in relation to climatic environment, nutrition and management practices in the hills of eastern Nepal.The majority of the pigs in the hills of Nepal are reared below their LCT throughout the year, causing estimated loss of 43%of the total feed intake requirements by climatic penalty. If this feed loss could be effectively utilised by improving housing conditions, the productivity of pigs could be greatly improved. Improvement in housing conditions seems to be the cheapest alternative for improving efficiency of pig production in Nepalese situations. Improvements in nutrition of rearing gilts and lactating sows resulted in improvements of reproductive outputs in both station and village experiments. Farmers in the hills of Nepal do not rear boar and sows together due to lack of feed availability. Modified suckling management in the late lactation followed by use of boar urine as an alternative to boar mate resulted shorter weaning to remating interval.

About the Author

Dr Narayan Shrestha has obtained his PhD Degree in animal Science from Aberdeen University in 2000. He has more than 25 years of experience in animal science research and development. Dr Shrestha has published 6 papers in peer reviewed international journals and more than 50 other publications in national journals and conference proceedings.