29/02/2024
MAIN COMPONENT OF PIG NUTRIENTS
Feedstuff consumed by pig gets digested in the body. In the process the nutrients are absorbed by the body for its growth and maintenance. For better growth and production performance of the pigs the feedstuff should contain the following nutrients:
• Water
• Protein/ essential amino acids
• Carbohydrates
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Salt
• Feed additives
• Some essential fatty acids.
THINGS TO CONSIDER IN PIG FEED MANAGEMENT
• Mouldy feeds should be avoided as these might lead to aflatoxicosis (a feed- borne disease with a heavy mortality particularly in young piglets).
• Water should be provided from a hygienic source to avoid water- borne diseases.Water may be periodically treated with potassium permanganate.
• In absence of concentrate feed, sweet potato, legume forages (e.g. stylo), broken rice (up to 20%), rice polish (up to 15 ℅) together with some protein source (fish meal oil cakes), vitamins and minerals (mineral mixture available in veterinary clinics) could form the feed.
• Instead of collecting and feeding jungle forages, pig producers should cultivate some food-feed crops/ forages (eg. maize, sweet potato, colocacia/ taro, tapioca cassava, stylo, water spinach, azola, etc.) at the homestead. Many of these crops can be cultivated as a mixed crop in a small plot of land.
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