1st Edition

Scientific Management of Swine Production and Pork Processing

Edited By Jowel Debnath Copyright 2026
220 Pages
by CRC Press

220 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book covers swine production from genetic resources to value-added products. It examines indigenous and exotic breeds, economic traits, breeding management, nutrition requirements, reproduction, artificial insemination, and disease management and constitutes: Scientific approach to nutrient requirements, feeding strategies, and feed efficiency optimization Complete reproductive... Read more

Preface

List of Contributors

About the Editor

1. Swine genetic resources

Dr. Jowel Debnath

2. Economic traits in swine

Dr. Jowel Debnath

3. Swine production and management

Dr. Nibash Debbarma and Dr. Debasish Behera

4. Nutrient requirements and feeding of pigs

Dr. Bikas Chandra Debnath and Dr. Tapan Kumar Das

5. Pig reproduction

Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty

6. Artificial insemination in swine

Dr. Amit Kumar Nath

7. Diseases of swine

Dr. Mritunjay Kumar

8. Visualizing diseases: postmortem insights into pig pathology

Dr. Kanika Kalai

9. Hygienic pork production

Dr. Bijoy Kumar Sarkar

10. Value added pork products

Dr. Bijoy Kumar Sarkar

References

Biography

Jowel Debnath is presently working as Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) in the Department of Livestock Farm Complex (Faculty of Animal Genetics & Breeding), College of Veterinary Sciences & A.H., R.K.Nagar, West Tripura-799008 since 2012. He obtained B.V.Sc & A.H degree from College of Veterinary Sciences & A.H., Selesih, Aizawl, India, in 2009. He did his M.V.Sc & Ph.D in Animal Genetics & Breeding from the Division of Animal Genetics, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, India, in the year of 2011 and 2016, respectively. He was recipient of IPSA Prof. P.K. Pani research award-2015 from Indian Poultry Science Association, ICAR-CARI, Izatnagar, Bareilly, India.

Debnath has edited and published a book namely Duck Production & Management in the year 2022, and has organized various training for the farmers and also acted as resource person in various scientific and skilled development programmes. The editor has completed Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, Government of India and ICAR Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Govt. of India funded research project as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator, respectively. His area of research is Avian Molecular Genetics.