Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
RS Kathiravan, K Senthilkumar and D Balasubramanyam

Abstract:
Tamil Nadu desi breed of pig is having very minimal details about its production performance. Hence, the present study was conducted on individual production traits of Tamil Nadu desi pigs under an organized farm condition. Records of birth weight, weaning weight and pre-weaning average daily gain was collected from organized farm and utilized for statistical analysis. The overall average birth weight, weaning weight and pre weaning average daily gain were 0.66±0.014 kg, 4.855±0.164 kg and 59.546±2.384 g respectively. Highest significant was encountered on period of birth and season of birth in all the individual traits and no significant effect was noticed on sex of the individuals.