Year: 2016 | Month: December | Volume 6 | Issue 6
Productive and Reproductive Perfomances of Local pigs of Bareilly District Under Scavenging System
Abstract:
Present study was conducted in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh to assess the productive and reproductive performances of Local pigs. Various traits of Local pigs were recorded using a relevant proforma. The mean age at puberty in male and female Local pigs was found to be 6.36±0.11 months and 7.27±0.11 months, respectively while, age at sexual maturity was found to be 7.54±0.14 months and 8.55±0.11 in male and female Local pig, respectively. The average age at first farrowing, farrowing interval, gestation period, piglet weight at birth, litter size, litter weight at birth and piglet mortality were found to be 12.16±0.13 months, 7.10±0.30 months, 113.67±0.17 days, 0.85±0.03 kg, 6.85±0.16, 5.83±0.18 and 25.15±0.79 %, respectively. These recorded traits are useful to characterize Local pigs of Bareilly district an also in the selection of breeding stock for future
parents.
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