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Rearing Pigs in Nigeria Choice of Land A well-drained land is needed both for housing and paddocking. This will minimize disease outbreak and parasitism. BREEDS •Large White • Large White x Local (Hybrid) • Hampshire x Local (Hybrid) HOUSING This is determined by the class of the pig. Permanent pig houses should be cool, durable and easy to clean. Floor should be made of concrete, while roofing could, be made of corrugated iron sheets covered with bamboo leaves/grass or adex. The free-range system may be used for the fattening, but the range will need partitioning with fencing materials into paddocks of suitable sizes. Farrowing pen is designed to contain the sow and the piglet. With little restriction and presence of guard rails (open pens) or in a confined space immediately before, and after farrowing. Pregnant or dry sow can Roofing made of corrugated iron sheets covered with bamboo leaves. 2
e kept in pens designed to accommodate 3–5 animals (3 m x 2 m). An open pen with feeder running from wall or partitioned, so that individual sows have stall and feeding area and a common passage should suffice. The boar pen is of similar design to accommodate a boar and a sow at mating. Fattening pens must be such as to minimize loss of feed resulting from spillage and contamination. A typical fattening pen should be big enough to accommodate 8–12 pigs of the same age and weight. Pens 8 m x 4 m with feeder running from wall to wall, partitioned at 25 cm interval with iron rods to prevent pigs from slipping in the feed arcok. Management procedure A boar should be used sparingly from 1 year of age. He should be able to mate 2 females per week, each mated 2–3 times and should last 2–3 years working life. Pregnant pigs farrow within 2 days before or after 115 days of pregnancy. Never house big and small ones together in the same pen. WEANERS Wean piglets between 25 and 56 days of age. Remove dam, never piglets first. Never house big and small ones together in the same pen. Supply heaps of grass to prevent tail-bitting, navel sucking or iodine deficiency. Provide plenty of water and high concentrate feeding. 3
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