Developement Of An Integrated Farming System Centered On Pigs
By: Suraj PT.
Contributor(s): Joseph Mathew (Guide).
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BookPublisher: Mannuthy Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 2000DDC classification: 636.088 Online resources: Click here to access online Dissertation note: MVSC Abstract: Efforts were taken to develop a model integrated farming system (IFS)
centred on pigs at Centre for Pig Production and Research, Mannuthy. This
animal-fish-vegetable IFS consisted of three groups of pigs viz. Large White
Yorkshire (L WY), Crossbreds (CB) (Large White Yorkshire x Desi) and Desi,
three tanks for fish rearing and three sets of vegetable plots with four varieties of
vegetable crops. Different treatments were applied to each unit of fish feeding as
pig manure only, pig manure and feed and feed only. In the vegetable plots
different treatments were applied in manuring as pig manure only pig manure and
chemical fertilizer and chemical fertilizer only. A clear breed difference was
noticed between LWY and Desi with respect to traits such as feed intake, body
weight, body measurements, average daily body weight gain (ADG) and' feed
conversion efficiency (FCE). But there was no significant difference (P<O.05)
between L WY and CB in ADG and FCE. When pig manure was used as fish feed
the water quality was deteriorated but body weight, total yield and survival rate of
fish were higher. The highest yield of vegetable obtained from the different crops
depend on the variety of crop and manure or combination of manure used. The
economics of production indicated that rearing pigs entirely on concentrate feed is
uneconomical. But the integration of fish and vegetable to the pig production
could improve the productivity of such systems with the improvement in overall
economic efficiency. The result also indicated that a combination of LWY, fish
utilizing the manure and vegetable cultivation by supplying the nitrogen
requirement through pig manure is the most economical integration.
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Efforts were taken to develop a model integrated farming system (IFS)
centred on pigs at Centre for Pig Production and Research, Mannuthy. This
animal-fish-vegetable IFS consisted of three groups of pigs viz. Large White
Yorkshire (L WY), Crossbreds (CB) (Large White Yorkshire x Desi) and Desi,
three tanks for fish rearing and three sets of vegetable plots with four varieties of
vegetable crops. Different treatments were applied to each unit of fish feeding as
pig manure only, pig manure and feed and feed only. In the vegetable plots
different treatments were applied in manuring as pig manure only pig manure and
chemical fertilizer and chemical fertilizer only. A clear breed difference was
noticed between LWY and Desi with respect to traits such as feed intake, body
weight, body measurements, average daily body weight gain (ADG) and' feed
conversion efficiency (FCE). But there was no significant difference (P
the water quality was deteriorated but body weight, total yield and survival rate of
fish were higher. The highest yield of vegetable obtained from the different crops
depend on the variety of crop and manure or combination of manure used. The
economics of production indicated that rearing pigs entirely on concentrate feed is
uneconomical. But the integration of fish and vegetable to the pig production
could improve the productivity of such systems with the improvement in overall
economic efficiency. The result also indicated that a combination of LWY, fish
utilizing the manure and vegetable cultivation by supplying the nitrogen
requirement through pig manure is the most economical integration.
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