Hygienic Farming System Improved Pig-Rearers Livelihood Status in South-West Region of Bangladesh

Abstract

The traditional pig-rearers are not concerned about the hygienic pig farming system in Bangladesh. This participatory research work was aimed to establish initial guidelines for hygienic pig producers in the production of piglets and high quality pork considering that traditional systems with access to out-door area are going to be the most unhygienic systems with low profitability. Therefore, one demonstration (demo) and ten homestead trial farms were established with the varieties available in South-west region of Bangladesh. In comparative study related to growth performance and birth of piglets, we placed one boar and one sow of four varieties traditional Local Black, Dolkomol, Whitish and Banibunu in demo and in trial farms, also placed one boar and one sow of Black and Dolkomol varieties. We supplied them 01kg balanced concentrate feed and 02kg roughages to each animal daily. In demo, growth performance (body weight) of Black variety was highly gained (61.3 and 64.3kg) compared with Dolkomol (55.7 and 57.5kg), Whitish (58.0 and 62.0kg) and Banibunu (47.8 and 43.6kg) in both of boar and sow, respectively. Further, the result shows that Black variety was higher consumable pig that fed in full amount. But Dolkomol and Whitish were preferred concentrate feed than roughage and Banibunu were consumed less amount of both type of feeds which we formulated in this study. White variety shown higher reproductive performance compared to Black and Dolkomol. Whitish sow gave birth of six healthy piglets, Dolkomol four and Local Black three piglets. The disease occurrence rate was observed in lower rate in Local Black variety compared to other varieties. In trial farms, we also found similar pattern of results. Therefore, these results may influence to the development of economically profitable hygienic farming systems for production of high quality pork and piglets in Bangladesh.