Awareness on management of pig reproduction held in Jalukie

JALUKIE, SEPTEMBER 1 (MExN): Department of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Jalukie, organized a one day awareness programme on “Management of Pig Reproduction” for pig breeders under the ongoing Intramural Research Project on August 29. 

The programme was funded by Central Agricultural University, Imphal titled “Performance of single and double artificial insemination in smallholder pig production system in Peren district of Nagaland.” The programme was also conducted to contribute towards “100 days Action Plan Activities” of the college. 

Resource persons namely Dr A Palanisammi, Professor & Head, Department of VGO and Dr Gunjan Das, Professor & Head, Department of VMD and VCC addressed the breeders to adopt scientific approaches to improve reproduction capabilities of the existing stock.

Dr I Shakuntala, Dean of the college emphasized on acquiring more technical knowledge on pig reproduction and associated venture through active participation for better pig production in the region. Dr Tukheswar Chutia, Principal Investigator of the project cum coordinator of the programme delivered a welcome speech while Dr Bhabesh Mili, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry offered vote of thanks.

A technical session was also held where various topics namely “Heat detection of pigs and its importance in successful breeding,” “Scientific breeding and farrowing management in pigs” and “Critical managemental intervention of piglets” were delivered by Dr Bhabesh Mili, Dr. Tukheswar Chutia and Dr Imtiwati, Assistant Professor, Department of Livestock Production and Management, respectively. 

Further, hands on training pertaining to different steps of AI techniques in pigs were also provided to the pig breeders by Dr Tukheswar Chutia. A total of 31 pig breeders from the villages of Samziuram, Jalukie-B and Jalukie colony ward-9 and eight officials attended the programme.