Recently vislobryuhaya Vietnamese pig ceased to be only exotic animals.Entrepreneurs engaged in farming became increasingly opt for the breeding of these cute little animals.
History of breed pigs "Vietnamese vislobryuhaya" was brought to Canada from Vietnam and eastern Europe in 1985 Gradually, the fashion for the breeding of these animals has spread to many countries: America, France, Hungary, Poland and others.The most active breeding work currently under way in Hungary and Canada.In these countries, experts are trying to make the breed even more attractive for breeding, increasing the size of the animal and the percentage of its muscle mass.In Russia this breed has spread recently, breeders are just beginning to develop these good-natured pig breeding.
Features breed
Vietnamese Pigs breed distinguished by certain features that need to be taken into account in their breeding.Many of these are benefits causes such a rapid spread of fashion for the maintenance of pigs.
One of the main features of the breed - fast maturing animals.As early as 4 months of a female becoming sexually mature and ready to breed pig 6 months.And the care of newborn pigs is quite simple, since it does not prevent the sow and behaves quite friendly.She takes care of the offspring, which has developed maternal instinct.
Another feature of the pigs - a good immune system, they are well tolerated as the hot climate and cold winters.They are afraid of these animals are only drafts, which are particularly harmful for young piglets.
Appearance
its name vislobryuhaya Vietnamese pig was due to a large hanging belly, which is particularly striking because of the short legs.
Pigs can be white or black.There is a special marble color, combining these two shades.Because of the short legs belly pigs almost touches the ground.Behind them a little concave, located on the head small ears.Stigmas are reminiscent of the large number of folds of an accordion.Externally, the snout of the pig is somewhat similar to the pug-faced because of the large number of bends.
Pigs are able to grow and gain weight the first five years, although this process is gradually becoming slower.Weight Vietnamese pigs have reached the year, about 80 kg.On the livestock market often presents specimens weighing about 100 kg.
Benefits breeding
His popular breeds of pigs Vietnamese vislobryuhaya received by the following advantages:
1. Lower cost of feeding.
2. Compact size allows you to keep several animals in a not too big machine.
3. Resistance to diseases and temperature variations immunity.
4. The ability to virtually year round (depending on the location of breeding), free-range, since pigs are resistant low temperatures during the winter.
5. Animals are very clean, free from peculiar smell inherent to almost all other breeds of pigs.
6. Possess tender meat with low fat content and the lack of veining.Low cholesterol content in the product makes it possible to use it in food for people with diseases of the blood vessels.
7. Early puberty makes it possible to receive the first offspring of pigs, which reached just 7-9 months.Thus animals that live about 30 years, are capable of farrowing lifelong.Moreover, Vietnamese pig breed extremely prolific, they bring at a time from 12 to 20 piglets.
8. calm and good-natured.Keep host to pigs, do not break the cages, they have the ability to train.
Features selection
All the advantages of this breed will be real only when healthy individuals are able to produce offspring in the future.It occurs sometimes pot-bellied pig, reviews of which are not very good.Usually, these animals to the year weigh about 40-60 kg, and progeny farm owner can not receive even from the female 10 months.This result is often caused by the wrong choice of piglets.To buy an animal suitable for breeding, it is necessary to pay attention to the following points:
1. It is impossible to buy pigs that have emerged from the same litter.
2. If the breeder farm is located in a few sows and one boar, the purchase of pigs in this place is better not to do.Such animals will necessarily relatives, from which it is impossible to obtain healthy offspring.
3. It is necessary to know the weight, which was born piglet.Better tell the seller, and the dynamics of growth of the animal at intervals of 10 days from the moment of birth.
4. In order to ensure compliance indicated by the seller age of the pig and its real significance, you can ask to see a sow which gave birth to the animal.If the pig a month, then the pig must be dairy sagging share, it should look like grown thin.Otherwise pig older than the seller said, and the buyer is another sow.
5. Determine a healthy animal can and appearance.Piglets should be well muscled.Legs in healthy individuals are strong, wide apart.The external sign of belonging to a peculiar breed of the stigma that has many curves of the nasal bones.
If pig long head, torso and legs spindle-shaped in the form of the letter "X", then this individual is ill.In addition, these symptoms may indicate a degeneration that occurred as a result of the birth parents of the pig family.
Healthy piglet differs downed bodied, smooth hair, eyes shining.The animal is actively, has a good appetite.On a good mood pig shows a thin tail waving from side to side.
Color does not matter.Mostly it's black, but even in one litter of piglets may be both white and mixed.
6. If the litter has more than 12 piglets, these animals may be weak.By the choice should be taken very carefully.
7. Having defined the pig, it is necessary to ask about the food, which used the former owner.Moving to another power supply must not be sharp, otherwise the animal may be ill.
place of
The content of Vietnamese pigs does not require special efforts.Due to its relatively compact size of the animals do not require very large pigsty.It is best to make it out of bricks, and the floor to make concrete.To the cold time of the year the pigs do not feel cold on the stone floor, about 2/3 of the pigsty must be covered with wooden scaffolding.This area is a kind of pet bed.The remaining space will serve as a place for feeding and toilet.Vislobryuhaya Vietnamese pig - an animal cleanliness, so you should not worry that the manure will be scattered all over the pigsty.In addition, small animals do not dig the floor, which also simplifies the life of their owner.
in one machine measuring about 4.5 m2 may be placed two adult pigs, one sow with piglets and boars.When planning an internal device pigsty between the machines need to leave a passage sufficient for the passage of carts, which can be used to remove manure.The room should be well-organized system of ventilation.The lack of fresh air and clutter pigsty adversely affect the health of animals.
Despite the fact that pot-bellied pig breeding possible and at low temperatures, they calmly tolerated in the winter still need to worry about heating pigsty.For sows and newborn piglets cold can prove fatal.To offspring were healthy, well-grown and got better, he needs a temperature of not less than 20 degrees Celsius.Space heating can be carried out by gas convectors, Russian furnace and other heating methods.
paddock
Daily exposure to fresh air in warm weather provide pigs strong immunity and good mood.Less sick and well gain weight regularly walk their pot-bellied pig.Content solely for captive breeding will lead to weak and sick animals.
The area under the paddock, if there are trees, you need to dig into the ground a few logs.Pigs love to rub on them.It will not hurt at the site and lightweight canopy that protects the animals from rain and sun.
great pleasure to bring this breed pigs, which are very fond of bathing in the mud, a kind of pool.Its role can perform a small depression in the ground measuring 2 by 2 meters.The pit should be periodically fill with fresh water.This basin pigs can get rid of pesky insects, and cool off in the hot summer weather.
Choice feed
Proper diet - a pledge not only to increase animal health and good weight gain and produce lean meat of high quality that distinguishes pot-bellied pig.Feeding the animals is dependent on the specific structure of their digestive system.The small diameter of the stomach and small intestine, the rapid movement of food through the digestive tract make unwanted use of feed, meal.Standard meal ordinary pig, such as fodder beet, straw, for the Vietnamese breed of no benefit.Well digested in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs young grass hay of the legume family - alfalfa, clover.
good option - feed cooked in a thick dense porridge.Such food lingers long in the mouth, chew it thoroughly Vietnamese pigs.Feeding a feed consistency promotes the release of large amounts of saliva, which under the influence of the starch into sugar proceeds.This simplifies the process of digestion.
to food assimilated as best as possible, preference should be given to the milled grain.Whole-grain feed mostly pass through the digestive tract unchanged pigs without digesting.
basis of feed barley and wheat make up.Add to it as oats, peas and corn.The latter should not be more than 10%, since this cereal is in pigs obesity.If you add too much feed corn, then get tender bacon meat will be almost impossible.
well affect the health of the pigs the vitamin supplements.Piglets can be given fish oil in a bucket of sows forage add the eggs, milk and vitamins.In its raw form, not to destroy the vitamins can be given to animals zucchini, carrots, pumpkin.If the vegetables are cooked yet, they should be prepared immediately before feeding.
Farrow pot-bellied pig
main condition for the appearance of healthy offspring - the absence of kinship between the sow and boar.Otherwise, you may receive the pigs with deformities, weak and sick.In the future, these animals are very poorly gaining weight, often they can not have their own offspring.
Vislobryuhaya Vietnamese pig reaches sexual maturity by the age of 4 months, the boar - a little later.Determine that you can start knitting, you can as a pig.She becomes restless, sexual loop swells.When pressed on the croup animal freezes in one place.If you see these signs, you can podselyat pig for one day to the boar.The first litter of pigs Vietnamese pigs is about 5, then are born up to 20 animals, most often around 12.
pig Pregnancy lasts 114 to 118 days.A few days before delivery the animal begins to worry, equip slot, carefully flattening hay.If the nipple seemed colostrum, the appearance of pigs occur throughout the day.For farrowing should be carefully prepared.The machine must be well removed, leaving only the hay and a bowl of clean water.Separately need to equip the corner for the newborn piglets.This place should be warm, in the first hours of life is the optimum temperature is about 30 degrees.
If necessary, respiratory tract of pigs are cleaned from slime, then put in the appropriate place for desiccation.It is important to see to it that in the first hour of his life, each pig received the necessary amount of colostrum.There is a large amount of nutrients, which are lacking in the newborn offspring.
Piglets first time, feed exclusively on milk that meets their needs in almost all nutrients.An exception is iron.To prevent anemia in the offspring, piglets can give injections of special preparations.
average, to 10 days in the life of a pig up in weight of 1 kg to 20 days - 1.5-2 kg.By month pig weighing 400-450 g at birth should weigh no less than 2.5-3 kg.
For a good weight gain pigs weeks of age can begin to introduce solid foods.This may be chalk, charcoal, and other substances containing calcium, phosphorus.After 10 days after birth, the animals are allowed clean water.The two-week piglets can begin to lure a thick porridge.One month after delivery of milk in sows is reduced, by this time the kids have to learn how to chew food.At the same time you need to start a gradual weaning of piglets from the mother.
Result breeding
breeding pigs of this breed - a promising investment.Pot-bellied pig, the price of an adult with about 8,000 rubles, very unpretentious, does not require expensive feeds and special care.Determining for profitable breeding pigs is the right choice, which cost about 3,000 rubles.
Porcine this breed is very tender and tasty.It appeared on the market recently, but has earned the trust of consumers.Especially good flavor has medium-sized fish meat weighing 40 kg, although the market fall carcasses weighing about 100 kg.
pot-bellied pig meat is low in cholesterol, retains most of the nutrients in any method of heat treatment.
to animals grew well, gaining weight and bear healthy children, it is necessary to adhere to the recommendations for maintenance and feeding animals.Then breeding pigs of the breed will be really lucrative.
