Handbook of Pig Husbandary

A livelihood is sustainable when it can cope with and recover from stresses and shocks and maintain or enhance its capabilities and assets both now and in the future while not undermining the natural resource base. Handbook of pig husbandry deals specifically with management aspects of pig rearing in India, integrating wide range of knowledge available on the application of principles of pig breeding feeding reproduction housing and disease control. The book contains specific chapters related to pig production scenario in India pig, breeds, breeding strategies for pig, manage mental options for profitable pig production resource based feeding systems for pig, breeding management and fertility optimization in gilts and sows, synchronization of oestrus and artificial insemination in pig, diseases of pigs and their management integrated farming approach for sustainable pig production, molecular techniques for diagnosis of diseases of pig, designing of experiment in pig research, methods of pork processing for value addition economics of pig production and bankable projects. (jacket)