Performance of Crossbred Pigs Reared Under Traditional and Scientific Feeding Practices in Goa

An experiment was conducted to study the performance of the 50% crossbred (Goa Local x Large White Yorkshire) piglets under field under different traditional and scientific feeding practices in Goa. Twelve 50% crossbred castrated male piglets were divided into four groups of three piglets in each. Randomly, one group was maintained under scientific feeding practices (T_s). The other three groups were distributed to three pig farmers maintaining their units under different traditional feeding practices i.e. bakery waste (T_BW), kitchen waste (T_KW) and cooked poultry offal + wheat bran (T_PO+WB) based feeds. Among the traditional feeding practices groups, the CP content of the T_PO+WB (36.15%) was higher (P<0.05) than the T_BW (9.69%) and T_KW (14.49%). The EE content in T_PO+WB (21.85%) was highest among all the feeds. The CF content of the T_BW(4.14) and T_KW(4.40) was similar (P>0.05) with the T_s (4.97), but lower (P<0.05) than the T_PO+WB (15.22). The daily BW gain of T_PO+WB (237.77 g) was higher (P<0.05) than the T_BW (112.89g) and T_KW (111.33g), but lower than the T_s group (308.44g). It was concluded that traditional feeding practices have to be developed based on the nutritive value for the existing feed resources and increasing pig production.