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Management practices at Happy Valley Commercial Piggery and Poultry Farm, Inc. / Cesar P. del Rosario.

By:

Rosario, Cesar P. del [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 1978. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: 27 pages : 28 cm. illustrationsContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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DDC classification:

636.401 R71 1978

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College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)

Abstract: This study was conducted at Happy Valley Piggery and Poultry Farm Incorporated, Sta. Cruz Porac, Pampanga last November 23-24, 1977. It aimed to gather information on how a commercial piggery and poultry project operated* The project has run smoothly through the coopera-tive administration and supervision of the Board of Directors headed by a Chairman, Farm Manager, Sales Manager, Record Officer, one consultant, one technician, fifteen caretakers plus one security guard. The said farm was established in a three-hectare land in 1974 with an initial stock of 45 sows. After three years of operation, the project has had an inventory of around 5,000 heads of various ages of common breeds of bacon type hogs mostly imported from abroad. The hogs were grouped according to age and purpose for which they were raised. They were confined in their respective buildings. The piggery farm formulated its own ration for the various ages of stocks. Ingredients were directly purchased from Manila and they were delivered weekly to the farm. Ad.libitum feeding was given to the young stocks; for the matured one, restricted feeding. There was no available record for the feed efficiency. Natural breeding was practiced. Young and old boats were used four and eight times a week respectively. Mating was usually made toward the end of estrus and was repeated the following day for higher rate of conception. Flushing, deworming and vaccination before breed-ing the sows have been strictly observed. Pregnant sows were transferred to dis4fected farrowing pen one week before farrowing. Close supervision and attendance was provided to a delivering sow and piglets were taken care off until they were well-set. Anti-anemia and anti-scour drugs were administered on the third day after delivery. Thorough disinfection, periodic immunization against Hog Cholera, Hoof and Mouth Disease and Swine Plague were administered to the piglets at forty days old. Breed-ing stocks were immunized before farrowing and this was repeated six months except for the young stocks. Market pigs were usually disposed at the age of six months with an average weight of 85 kilograms live weight thru direct and consignment method. The farm has had an output of 600 heads of market pigs per month at P8.80 per kilograms live weight. At the time of the survey, mar-keting was apparently not a problem due to a great market demand.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Theses / Manuscripts	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Theses Section	Non-fiction	636.401 R71 1980 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	SP-146		00006871

Special Problem (BSA--Animal Husbandry) Don Severino Agricultural College

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College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)

This study was conducted at Happy Valley Piggery and Poultry Farm Incorporated, Sta. Cruz Porac, Pampanga last November 23-24, 1977. It aimed to gather information on how a commercial piggery and poultry project operated* The project has run smoothly through the coopera-tive administration and supervision of the Board of Directors headed by a Chairman, Farm Manager, Sales Manager, Record Officer, one consultant, one technician, fifteen caretakers plus one security guard. The said farm was established in a three-hectare land in 1974 with an initial stock of 45 sows. After three years of operation, the project has had an inventory of around 5,000 heads of various ages of common breeds of bacon type hogs mostly imported from abroad. The hogs were grouped according to age and purpose for which they were raised. They were confined in their respective buildings. The piggery farm formulated its own ration for the various ages of stocks. Ingredients were directly purchased from Manila and they were delivered weekly to the farm. Ad.libitum feeding was given to the young stocks; for the matured one, restricted feeding. There was no available record for the feed efficiency.
Natural breeding was practiced. Young and old boats were used four and eight times a week respectively. Mating was usually made toward the end of estrus and was repeated the following day for higher rate of conception. Flushing, deworming and vaccination before breed-ing the sows have been strictly observed. Pregnant sows were transferred to dis4fected farrowing pen one week before farrowing. Close supervision and attendance was provided to a delivering sow and piglets were taken care off until they were well-set. Anti-anemia and anti-scour drugs were administered on the third day after delivery. Thorough disinfection, periodic immunization against Hog Cholera, Hoof and Mouth Disease and Swine Plague were administered to the piglets at forty days old. Breed-ing stocks were immunized before farrowing and this was repeated six months except for the young stocks. Market pigs were usually disposed at the age of six months with an average weight of 85 kilograms live weight thru direct and consignment method. The farm has had an output of 600 heads of market pigs per month at P8.80 per kilograms live weight. At the time of the survey, mar-keting was apparently not a problem due to a great market demand.

Submitted to the University Library 03-10-1980 SP-146