STUDY ON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF SWINE IN SOME SELECTED AREA IN FATIKCHORI THANA,CHITTAGONG

Abstract

The study was undertaken to investigate the production system of swine in some selected area in Fatikchari thana, chittagong district for a period of 23 days from 20th October’ 2010 to 13th November’ 2010. Production system of swine i.e. housing, feeding, breeding, diseases prevalence, vaccination program, bio-security, marketing of swine with socio-economic status and constraints of pig rearing were investigated during the study period. It was revealed that mostly poor and landless people reared pigs (54.71%) where most of them were illiterate (43.39%). Rearing systems they followed, were the free range (43.40%), Tin shed housing (24.53%), Fencing (20.75%) and Neck tethering (11.32%). The prevalence of diseases was Hemorrhagic septicemia (13.73%), Pneumonia (17.64%), Coccidiosis (21.57%), NS diarrhea (37.25%) and others (9.8%) in Fatikchari . The economic benefits generated from farming were mainly selling of piglets and the figure was satisfactory.