02442nam a2200193Ia 4500999001700000003000400017005001700021008004100038082002000079100001400099245006600113260011100179502000900290520173500299700002602034856005602060942001202116952012002128  c26800d26800OSt20220829153439.0140128s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a636.088bSUR/DE  aSuraj PT   aDevelopement Of An Integrated Farming System Centered On Pigs  aMannuthy bDepartment of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences c2000  bMVSC3 aEfforts 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. 

  aJoseph Mathew (Guide)  uhttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810105538  2ddccTH  00102ddc4070aKAUCLVbKAUCLVcTHESESd2014-03-18l0o636.088 SUR/DEp171859r2014-03-18 00:00:00w2014-03-18yTH