Volume: 39 Issue: 2
Year: 2008, Page: 31-32, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2008.39.31-32
Received: April 21, 2008 Accepted: Dec. 8, 2008 Published: Dec. 31, 2008
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 semi intensive 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.
Keywords: Housing System, serum iron, haemoglobin, LWY pigs