RESEARCH ARTICLES
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT HOUSING SYSTEMS ON THE SERUM IRON AND HAEMOGLOBIN CONTENT IN LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIGS
M. Pushpalatha, Ra. Murallidharan, P. Tensingh Gnanaraj, R. Kumararaj and M. Murugan
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.2008. 39:31-32.
Open Access
Copyright: © 2008 M. Pushpalatha et.al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
A study was conducted at Livestock Research Station, Kattupakkam to assess the effect of different housing systems viz., intensive, semi-intensive and extensive systems on the serum iron and haemoglobin content in Large White Yorkshire pigs. The pigs reared under extensive system and semiintensive system had significantly (P<0.05) higher serum iron and hemoglobin content (P<0.01) than those reared under intensive system. The results revealed that the extensive and semi intensive system of housing of pigs had an influence on serum iron and haemoglobin content due to exposure of pigs to rooting in the soil.
Key words: Housing System, serum iron, haemoglobin, LWY pigs
