ICAR-CCARI Organized Farmers’ Field Day under ICAR-AICRP on Pig

    ICAR-CCARI, Goa organized a field day for piggery farmers on 27th July 2022 under ICAR-AICRP on Pig. Dr. Amiya Ranjan Sahu (Scientist and P.I. of the project) and Dr. Shripad Bhat (Scientist, Agri. Economics) visited the progressive pig farmers’ fields in Agassaim and Cortalim villages of Goa. Awareness among the farmers was created for scientific pig rearing emphasizing nutritional, breeding as well as reproductive management and on pig diseases especially Swine Fever disease. The stocks (around 200 nos. of pigs) in the aforementioned villageswere vaccinated with the Classical Swine Fever (CSF) vaccine. Blood samples were collected to study the pre-CSF and post-CSF titre content. The farmers were also provided with deworming medicines (around 250 doses) for pigs. Feedback and data on the impact of interventions implemented by the Institute were also collected from pig farmers.