Farmer Training Programme on Artificial Insemination in Pigs

 

 

 

Farmer Training Programme on Artificial Insemination in Pigs


A two day training program for pig growing farmers on “Artificial Insemination in Pigs” was conducted during 17th and 18th August 2016 at ICAR- Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Ela, Old-Goa. This was a part of DBT Project -Augmentation of rural pig production for socio-economic upliftment of poor through Artificial Insemination. Total of 12 progressive pig farmers from Goa and Karnataka, attended this training program. Entire aspects of scientific pig rearing was explained to the farmers. Dr. E. B. Chakurkar, PI and Coordinator conducted the training,. The training session started with introductory lecture on Scientific Pig Farming, its importance, advance technologies in piggery and AI in Pigs. Dr. P. P. Gokuldas, Scientist Animal Reproduction, discussed about the Reproduction part like Estrous detection, Estrous Synchronization and Artificial Insemination. Dr. Chetan Kumar, Scientist, VPH, gave a lecture on Hygiene in Piggery. He talked about maintaining good hygiene for both animals and personnel working in the piggery along the surrounding environment, adverse effect of bad hygiene etc. Dr. Shivasharanappa N. Scientist, VPH elaborated the diseases in Pigs, its causes, symptoms and diagnosis. This was followed by the practical where farmers were exposed to detect estrous and its various stages, perfect stage of estrus with respect to undertake AI and also actual Artificial Insemination process. They were given hands on experience in doing AI. Demonstration on semen collection from boar and its processing was shown to the farmers. Training was concluded with panel discussion in the presence of Dr. N. P. Singh Director, ICAR-CCARI, where he encouraged farmers to take up Piggery with advance technologies and also to form farmers group.