Scientific Pig Production and Management: A Bio-Treasure For Rural Society

Contents: 1. Overview of Piggery Sector in India. 2. Pig Breeds and Breeding Management. 3. Care and Management of Different Categories of Pigs. 4. Feeding Management of Pig. 5. Shelter Management in Piggery. 6. Reproductive Management of Pigs. 7. Introduction to Pig Behaviour and Pig Welfare. 8. Disease Management in Pigs. 9. Clean Pork Production. 10. Economics of Pig Farming. 11. Manure Management at Pig Farm. 12. Pig Based Integrated Farming Systems. 13. Pig Production in Changing Climatic Scenario. 14. Pig as a Model for Bio-Medical Science. Scientific Pig Production and Management: A Bio-treasure for Rural Society is a compilation of various works carried out across the India as well as research contributions of authors in many unique topics like indigenous and crossbreds of pig, low cost feeding management, shelter practices, animal welfare, pig behaviour, biosecurity, pig-based integrated farming system and bio-medical model using pig. Apart from this the book covers wide variety of basic materials like origin of the pig, its domestication, breeds, breeding policy, system of rearing, production and reproduction management, feeding management, health management, marketing management, economics, meat products, and its opportunities, climate change aspects of piggery, recent biotechniques and researchable issues in pig management. This book will be useful for undergraduate students covering the syllabus of the Veterinary Council of India (VCI), postgraduate & doctoral students, research scholars, NET and ARS aspirants as well as teachers, policy makers and progressive farmers. Since, the models of piggery have been well defined in the book with respect to tropical agro-ecologies; there is opportunity to replicate such models in other developing countries for successful entrepreneurship. The book is well referenced, enabling readers to prompt for further readings.…