Scientific Pig Production and Management: A Bio-treasure forRural Society is a compilation of various works carried out across the India as well as research contributions of authors in many unique topics like indigenous and crossbreds of pig, low cost feeding management, shelter practices, animal welfare, pig behaviour, biosecurity, pig-based integrated farming system and bio-medical model using pig. Apart from this the book covers wide variety of basic materials like origin of the pig, its domestication, breeds, breeding policy, system of rearing, production and reproduction management, feeding management, health management, marketing management, economics, meat products, and its opportunities, climate change aspects of piggery, recent biotechniques and researchable issues in pig management. This book will be useful for undergraduate students covering the syllabus of the Veterinary Council of India (VCI), postgraduate & doctoral students, research scholars, NET and ARS aspirants as well as teachers, policy makers and progressive farmers. Since, the models of piggery have been well defined in the book with respect to tropical agro-ecologies; there is opportunity to replicate such models in other developing countries for successful entrepreneurship. The book is well referenced, enabling readers to prompt for further readings. Contents: 1. Overview of Piggery Sector in India 1.1. Pig farming/Piggery as part of the non-ruminant production system in India 1.2. Pig population in India vis-a-vis World 1.3. Pork production in India vis-a-vis World . 1.4. Scope of pig farming in India 1.5. Advantages of pig farming in India 1.6. Disadvantages of pig farming in India. 1.7. SWOT Analysis of the piggery sector in India 1.8. Pig production management in India 1.9. Management strategy to improve the efficiency of piggery 1.10. Possible approaches for facilitating piggery intervention in farming systems 1.11. How piggery intervention could improve the sustainability of farming systems? 1.12. Contribution of pig farming to the national economy 1.13. Animal husbandry development/Research programmes for pig production in India 1.14. Terminologies used in pig husbandry 2. Pig Breeds and Breeding Management 2.1. Exotic breeds of pigs used in India 2.2. Important indigenous breeds of pig in India 2.3. Crossbred pigs . 2.4. Economically important traits of swine production 2.5. Selection for improvement of the breed 2.6. Selection of breeding stock 2.7. Breeding systems and development of the new breed 2.8. Mating technique in swine 2.9. Breeding records 2.10. Breeding policy in India 2.11. Conservation of breeds 2.12. Advances in breeding and selection - Pig genomic research 3. Care and Management of Different Categories of Pigs 3.1. Pig production cycle 3.2. Identification methods/systems 3.3. Handling of pig 3.4. Identification of Pregnant Animals 3.5. Care of pregnant sows 3.6. Care and management of piglet 3.7. Care and management of weaners 3.8. Care and management of growing stock 3.9. Care of breeding boar 3.10. Culling management 3.11. Transport management 4. Feeding Management of Pig. 4.1. Feed ingredients used in swine feeding 4.2. Feeding management of different categories of pig 4.3. Role of minerals and vitamins in maintaining health 4.4. Role of probiotics in pig nutrition 4.5. Role growth promoters in pig nutrition 4.6. Anti-nutritional factors in pig feed 4.7. Formulation of economic ration 5. Shelter Management in Piggery 5.1. Basic considerations of pig housing 5.2. Housing requirement of a pig farm. 5.3. Facility designs 5.4. Space requirement of pig 5.5. Preparation of layout plans of piggery houses 5.6. Sanitation and hygiene: Role of management in the prevention and the control of diseases 6. Reproductive Management of Pigs 6.1. Reproductive management of boars 6.2. Artificial Insemination (AI) 6.3. Gilt/sow management 7. Introduction to Pig Behaviour and Pig Welfare 7.1. Importance of animal behaviour studies 7.2. Sensitivity of pigs to the environment 7.3. Normal behavioural patterns of pig 7.4. Behavioural thermoregulation 7.5. Abnormal behaviours 7.6. Animal welfare considerations in a commercial herd under intensive pig farming system 8. Disease Management in Pigs 8.1. Signs of ill health 8.2. Bacterial diseases 8.3 Viral diseases in pig 8.4. Parasitic diseases 8.5. Nutritional deficiencies 8.6. Toxicosis 8.7. Other diseases 8.8. General principles of disease control and herd health management. 8.9. Bio-security measures to be adapted for efficient and healthy production 9. Clean Pork Production 9.1. Present status of Pork Production Process in India 9.2. Meat Processing and Storage 9.3. Hygienic pork 9.4. Present status of slaughter operations 9.5. Reasons behind poor hygienic status of pork in India 9.6. Factors influencing hygienic pork production 9.7. Proposals for ensuring hygienic pork production in India 9.8. Selection of hogs for slaughter 9.9. Market for hogs 10. Economics of Pig Farming 10.1. Preparation of piggery project 10.2. Project appraisal for piggery 10.3. Terminologies used in financial analysis of the project . 10.4. Project formulation and evaluation of piggery 11. Manure Management at Pig Farm 11.1. Pig manure and its production 11.2. Bio-hazards of pig manure 11.3. Animal excreta a factor in spread of disease 11.4. Requirement of pig manure treatment 11.5. Present status of manure handling in different parts of India 11.6. Principles of handling and processing of manure 11.7. Methods of compost making 11.8. Biological process of waste disposal 11.9. Hygienic and economic disposal of farm waste 11.10. Modern techniques used in automation/ semi-automation in disposal of farm waste 12. Pig Based Integrated Farming Systems 12.1. Contribution of livestock to the farming system 12.2. Integrated livestock-fish culture 12.3. Resource generation in IFS 12.4. Employment generation 12.5. Integrated fish-cum-pig farming 13. Pig Production in Changing Climatic Scenario 13.1. Contribution of livestock to GHG emissions and climate change 13.2. Impact of climate change on the metabolism of pig 13.3. Impact of climate change on pig reproduction 13.4. Impact of climate change on pig health and spread of diseases 13.5. Climatic requirements of pig 13.6. Good management practices for improved pig production for adapting to climate change 13.7. Thermal stress and mitigative measures to maintain pig productivity 14. Pig as a Model for Bio-Medical Science 14.1. Advantages of pig as a bio-medical model 14.2. The pig as an experimental model 14.3. Miniature pig: suitability to bio-medical model 14.4. Bio-medical model in laboratory animals and pig: a comparison 14.5. Similarities between pig and human phenotypes 14.6. Swine biomedical models 14.7. Swine as infectious disease models 14.8. Linking genotypes and phenotypes of pig relevant to human health 14.9. Needs and opportunities for expanding the use of pig biomedical models 14.10. Creation of genetically engineered pigs 14.11. Pig welfare and issues to use pig as bio-medical model