The extent and structure of pig rearing system in urban and peri-urban areas of Guwahati

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAssam Agricultural Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationGovernment of Odisha, Indiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUppsala Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorSwedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planningen_US
cg.coverage.countryIndiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2INen_US
cg.coverage.regionAsiaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierJohanna Lindahl: 0000-0002-1175-0398en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2020.1711576en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2000-8686en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalInfection Ecology and Epidemiologyen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriPIGSen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen_US
cg.volume10en_US
dc.contributor.authorMohakud, S.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHazarika, R.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSonowal, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBora, D.P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTalukdar, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTamuly, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Johanna F.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-13T11:55:25Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-01-13T11:55:25Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/106505en_US
dc.titleThe extent and structure of pig rearing system in urban and peri-urban areas of Guwahatien_US
dcterms.abstractLivestock is common in Indian cities and contribute to food security as well as livelihoods. Urban livestock keeping has been neglected, and in India, little is known about the topic. Therefore, urban and peri-urban pig farms of Guwahati, Assam, India, were surveyed in order to understand more about the pig rearing systems and risks of diseases. A total of 34 urban and 66 peri-urbanpig farms were selected randomly. All reared cross-bred pigs. Free-range pig rearing was common in both urban (58.8%) and peri-urban (45.45%) farms. Artificial insemination was used by around half of the pig farmers. Disinfection in pig farms was practiced in 26.5% of urban and 28.8% of peri-urban farms. More urban pig farms were observed to be moderately clean in (82.4%) compared to peri-urban (69.7%). However, more urban (67.7%) than peri-urban farms (57.6%) reported ahighrodent burden. Pig sheds were mostly basic, with bricked floors in 18.2% farms in peri-urban areas, and more than 80% had corrugated iron roofing sheets. In conclusion, free-roaming pigs in both urban and peri-urban areas of Guwahati can contribute to disease transmission, and the low standard of hygiene and buildings may further increase the risk of diseases.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2020-01-08en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMohakud, S.S., Hazarika, R.A., Sonowal, S., Bora, D.P., Talukdar, A., Tamuly, S. and Lindahl, J.F. 2020. The extent and structure of pig rearing system in urban and peri-urban areas of Guwahati. Infection Ecology & Epidemiology 10(1): 1711576.en_US
dcterms.issued2020-01-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dcterms.subjectswineen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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