Live Stock :: Pig :: Breeds of Pig

Major Activities

Artificial Insemination
Pest Management
Disease Management
Insurance
Schemes
Extension Services

Breeds of pig

Indigenous domestic pigs

Large White Yorkshire
Cross-bred

Large White Yorkshire

White Yarkshire Yorkshire Boar

Yorkshire Gilt & Yorkshire Boar

In view of the importance of pig farming in terms of it's contribution to rural poor and possible potentials for pig rearing in our country. In order to make available good foundation stock, regional pig breeding stations were established for each bacon factory. Further expansion of pig breeding programme paved the way for establishment of 115 pig breeding farms (1992-93) through out the country.

Pigs are raised solely for meat production. They are efficient converters of feed into meat, quick to multiply and can fit into diverse systems of management. Cost and availability of feed and the price fetched for the animal are the chief factors influencing profitable pig production. Where pigs are maintained on agricultural and industrial by-products, household and kitchen wastes, meat offals etc. the cost of production will be low.

Among the various livestock species, piggery is most potential source of meat production and more efficient feed converters after the broiler. Apart from providing meat, it is also a source of bristles and manure. Pig farming will provide employment opportunities to seasonally employed rural farmers and supplementary income to improve their living standards.

Breeding chart for pig

Item	Male		Female
Item	Mean	Range	Mean	Range
1.Age at puberty(months)	7	6 – 8	6	5 - 7
2. Age at which the pigs can be breed (months) Approximate body weight (kg)	11 -	10 – 12 80 – 110 kg	9 -	8 – 10 80 – 100 kg
3. Oestrous cycle			21 days	18 – 24 days
4. Oestrous period (days)			2 days	2 – 3 days
5. Signs of heat	Restlessness, grunting, champing of jaws, swollen vulva, mounting on other pigs, standing still when mounted or pressed on the back.
6. Apt time for mating	24 hours after the onset of heat symptoms. Second mating is advised 8-12 hours after the first mating
7. Gestation period			114 days	111 – 117 days
8. Farrowing time			3 hours	2 – 12 hours
9. Litter size at birth			8 no.	6 – 12 no.
10. Birth weight			1.3 kg	1 – 2.5 kg
11. Suckling period			56 days	-
12. Post-weaning heat in sows			5 days	3 – 10 days

(Source: Kerala Agricultural University)

Technologies

Milking Machine
Incubator
Chaff Cutter Machine
TANUVAS

Veterinary Services

Hospitals in TN
Milk Cooperative Societies
Slaughter Houses
Sandies in TN
Animal Welfare Organization