There are immense possibilities of quick economic benefits in the pig farming business because of their high fecundity, high feed conversion efficiency, short generation interval, rapid weight gain and low initial cost. Globally, pork accounts for about 37% of all meat consumed in the world and it is ahead of chicken, beef, lamb and mutton. This indicates that pork has the highest rate of consumption among all types of meat. There is a strong demand for pork products, such as pork, bacon, ham, sausage, lard, etc., both in the domestic and export markets. Modern and well-established scientific principles, practices and skills should be propagated to obtain maximum economic benefits from piggery enterprise. In this book, a comprehensive compilation of practical exercises on identification, housing, feeding, selection, breeding, artificial insemination, meat quality, recordkeeping, behaviour, welfare and project formulation in pig farm has been provided. The content encompasses the B.V.Sc. as well as M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. Animal Production Sciences (ICAR) post graduate syllabus on Swine Production and Management. The manual will serve as a academic reference book for both undergraduate and postgraduate scholars in veterinary/animal sciences. Furthermore, the book will be a ready reckonerfor organizations, entrepreneurs and professionals dealing with piggery enterprise to understand different practical aspects of swine production and management and thus aid in its establishment as a successful profitable business.
Dr. Anuj Chauhan is currently working as a Senior Scientist & Incharge, Swine Production Farm at ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar. Dr. Chauhan has obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Master’s degree in Animal Genetics and Breeding from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal and Ph.D. from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. He has over 15 years of experience in research, education and extension work in the Agricultural Research Service. Dr. Chauhan has executed 16 research projects (DBT, DST, AICRP and Institutional) as Principal/CoPrincipal Investigator. His main areas of research include the study of SNP markers for disease resistance, growth and heat tolerance, global gene expression against infection, beta casein A1/A2 gene typing and association with economic traits, RNA guided recombinase platform for targeted gene editing, analysis of DNA-protein interactions, inbreeding estimation using molecular markers and continuous genetic improvement in nucleus herd of Landlly variety under All India Coordinated Research Project on Pig. Apart from this, Dr Chauhan is actively involved in farmer oriented activities under Farmer First Project and Agri-business Incubator. So far Dr. Chauhan has published 65 research papers in peer reviewed journals and is involved in guidance of post-graduate students of AGB & LPM disciplines. Apart from this, he has published 12 books/bulletins and developed an educational mobile app on biosecurity along with various educational videos for the livestock farmers. Dr. Chauhan has been honoured with best research paper awards in various conferences and seminars, Dr. B.N.Gupta memorial award for academic excellence in animal production by NDRI, Karnal, Young Scientist Award, AEDS, and ICAR-Rajendra Prasad Puraskar for best technical Book in Hindi in Agricultural and Allied Science and ICAR-Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Patrika Puraskar.
Dr. Ayon Tarafdar is currently working as an ARS Scientist at ICARIndian Veterinary Research Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. He has obtained his B. Tech degree from IIT, Kharagpur (India), M. Tech from GBPUA&T, Pantnagar (India) and Ph.D. from NIFTEM Kundli (India) in Food Engineering and has worked as a fully funded researcher in Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. His main research focus has been on non-thermal food processing operations, bioprocess modelling and optimization, nanotechnology, machine learning, food waste valorization, advanced food characterization tools and precision agriculture. He has published more than 92 scientific research and reviews in addition to thirteen book chapters, two books and one patent (filed). He has 1100+ citations to his name with a h-index of 21 and i-10 index of 38. Dr. Tarafdar has been awarded with several meritorious fellowships during his academic journey including the TEQIPII fellowship, NIFTEM research fellowship, UGC-JRF fellowship, CSIR direct SRF fellowship, and SERB-DST international travel grant. In addition to this, he has been conferred with the young scientist award (BRSI 2022), two best poster (2019) and one best presentation award (2021) for his work. He has also delived several talks in international and national conferences. He also received the best review paper award from ICARIVRI in 2022 for his work on onion-based biorefineries. Dr. Tarafdar serves on the Editorial board of the Journal of Food Quality (IF 3.20) and the International Journal of Chemical Engineering (IF 2.72) and has also served as the Guest Editor of Bioresource Technology (IF 11.88) and Journal of Food Science and Technology (IF 3.11).
Dr. Sunil Ekanath Jadhav is working as a Principal Scientist (Animal Nutrition) at the Animal Nutrition Division, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. He is graduated with Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry degree from the Krantisinh Nana Patil College of Veterinary Science, Shirwal, Maharashtra (1993-1998) and acquired Master of Veterinary Science (Animal Nutrition) degree from College of Veterinary Science, Parbhani, Maharashtra (1998-2000). He accomplished Ph.D. (Animal Nutrition) degree from the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar(2001-2005). He has served DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India as scientist B and scientist C (2005- 2012). He has 20 years of research experience and 10 years of teaching experience in Animal Nutrition and allied discipline. He has handled 12 research projects including NASF, AICRP, and ICAR-Niche Area of Excellence Project. His research expertise and interest include nutrition under biotic and abiotic stress, ruminant nutrition, mineral and vitamin nutrition, clinical nutrition and gut health nutrition. He has published 60 research papers in peer reviewed journals and authored six books and 25 book chapters. He is a recipient of Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D. degree of IVRI and received National Technology Day Award and Technology Group Award as a group leader for R&D work while in DRDO. He is conferred with Best Research Worker award by KNPVET Alumni Association. He has received ten Best Paper Presentation Awards and presented four invited lead papers in international and national conferences in Animal Nutrition discipline. He is an Editor of ‘Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology’ journal of the prestigious Animal Nutrition Association of India. He has acquired international exposure at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA for overseas training in the area of gut health and immunonutrition.
Dr. Gyanendra Kumar Gaur is currently working as Principal Scientist & Incharge, Livestock Production and Management Section at ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar. Dr. Gaur has completed his graduation (Agriculture) from Meerut University, Meerut and post-graduation and Ph.D. in Animal Genetics and Breeding from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar. He has more than 31 years of experience in research, education and extension work in Agricultural Research Service. Dr. Gaur has executed 25 research projects (NAIP, NASF, UPCAR, Elanco Animal Health, AICRP and Institutional) as a Principal/Co-Principal Investigator. His major areas of research include development of Frieswal and Vrindavani cows, development of crossbred landly pigs, registration of Rohilkhandi goats and Ghurrah pigs, growth, development of molecular markers for health and production traits, production of biogas from pig excreta, improved production and modification of the shed for comfort, open nucleus breeding system in cows, prediction of lactation yield from part records, and genomic selection in cows and pigs. So far 176 research papers of Dr. Gaur have been published in national and international journals/ magazines. Apart from this, he has published 10 books/technical bulletins. Dr. Gaur has been awarded with Bishnu Sudama Memorial Medal (2001), Best Research Paper Award (2001, 2003, 2004, 2006), Best Poster Award (2009), Best Section Award (2013, 2022), Reviewer Excellence Award (2016), Rajbhasha Vajayanti (2012, 2017), Best Article Award (2019), Appreciation Award for Highest Impact Factor(IF) Research Article (2020), Dr. D.S. Balan Memorial Award (2020), Dr. P.N. Bhat Best Research Paper Prize (2021), First Prize for Oral Presentation (2021) in various conferences and seminars.
Dr (Mrs) Rupasi Tiwari, Joint Director, Extension Education at the ICARIndian Veterinary Research Institute has made significant contribution towards the development of various e-learning systems and extension methodologies for effective technology transfer to the livestock owners and other stakeholders. She has handled 25 research projects, leading to the development of 20 multilingual Mobile Apps & 11 need based information/expert systems apart from 30 educational videos for effective technology transfer & entrepreneurship generation. These systems have spread across 25 states of India and across > 100 countries in the world. Further, she has also organized large number of extension activities for various stakeholders including training, gosthies, interface meets, Farm School on AIR, Kisan Mela, Exhibitions, etc. & facilitated in development of startups. She has guided 24 PG students, taught 25 courses & published 175 research papers in national & international journals along with 213 other publications including books, training manuals/e-manuals/ monographs, farm publications & delivered >100 lectures at various forums. She is also the recipient of 6 ICAR Awards: ICAR-Bharat Ratna Dr. C. Subramaniam award for Outstanding teachers, ICAR-Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Extension Scientist Award, ICAR-Dr Rajendra Prasad Puraskar 2020 & 2021, ICAR-Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Krishi Patrika Puraskar 2010 & 2021, besides 27 various fellow awards and recognitions & 44 best paper awards from institutions/professional societies for her outstanding work in research, teaching and extension.
Dr Triveni Dutt is presently the Director & Vice Chancellor of ICARIndian Veterinary Research Institute (Deemed University), Izatnagar. He holds a Doctoral Degree is Animal Breeding and has 10 years of experience as a Joint Director (Joint Director, Academic & Dean-05, Joint Director, and Extension Education-05) at the ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar. He is also the Coordinator of LPM division since past 13 years. Has handled 34 Research Projects (23 in-house research projects, 08 competitive grant R&D projects and 03 ICAR plan schemes) leading to the development of new breeds Vrindavani and Landlly and registration of two breeds Rohilkhandi Goat and Ghurrah pig. He has contributed significantly to the establishment of high yielding nucleus herd of Murrah, Tharparkar & Sahiwal & developed 5 IP protected devices and received 03 design patents. He has been instrumental in organizing nation wide extension programs leading to generation of researchable issues, popularization of technologies, dissemination of 4.5 lakhs semen doses of outstanding bulls. He has also facilitated transfer of 39 technologies to 47 commercial houses & generated revenue of Rs 5.5 Cr. As a Joint Director (Academic), he created 07 Cells; two new PG disciplines; Initiated M.Sc. (AH) with ANASTU, Kabul, Afghanistan; SAARC Ph.D. (AN) Programme and implemented 05 flagship schemes and signed MoU with 20 AUs. Dr Dutt developed infrastructure worth Rs. 25.70 Cr. and mobilized fund Rs. 49.0 Cr. through various external funded projects and revenue generation, ranking of the DU improved from No. 05 (2016) to 03 (2020). Further, through the CAASTACLH (NAHEP-1B), he has facilitated overseas training of 24 PG Students and 06 Faculty, developed 47 ICT tools to impart knowledge to students, faculty and professionals and received 34 copyrights for these ICT tools, publication of 35 research papers; development of 4 vaccine candidates; 7 Diagnostics; 5 AMPs & 1 Probiotic. He has guided 11 Ph.D. and 7 MVSc students & published 222 research articles and 06 Books. He has been recently elected to the prestigious Fellow of NAAS and also received ICAR Awards: Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puraskar, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Krishi Patrika Award, Best KVK Award apart from various other awards and recognitions.
1. Methods of Identification in Pigs ................................................... 1
2. Handling and Restraint of Pigs .................................................... 13
3. Activity Routines in Pig Farms ..................................................... 19
4. Housing Management in Pig Farms ............................................ 23
5. Feed Formulations and Feeding of Different Categories of Pigs ............................................................................ 37
6. Selection of Best Animals for Pig Farms ..................................... 47
7. Semen Collection, Evaluation and Processing in Pigs.............. 55
8. Heat Detection and Mating in Pigs .............................................. 73
9. Body Condition Scoring in Pigs .................................................... 83
10. Care and Management of Piglets ................................................. 91
11. Preparing and Maintaining Different Types of Farm Registers ...............................................................................105
12. Slaughter Practices in Pigs...........................................................113
13. Live Weight Measurement in Pigs .............................................123
14. Identifying Signs of Health in Pigs ............................................129
15. Economic Analysis and Project Formulation for Pig Farms ........................................................................................135
16. Understanding Behaviour and Welfare in Pig Farms ............147
17. Marketing of Pigs ..........................................................................155
18. Understanding Common Terminologies in Practice in Swine Production and Management.........................................165
