it describe the nature and different characteristics of local and exotics breeds of Nepal.

1. PREPARED BY
Jamuna Neupane
Roll No-15

2. BREEDS OF PIGS

3. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
BREEDS OF PIGS
• 1.INDIGINEOUS BREEDS
• Jangali Bandel / Wild Boar
• Pygmi Bandel
• Hurra
• Bampudke
• Chwanche
• Pakhribas Black Pig
• Dharane Kalo Banggur
• 2.EXOTIC BREEDS
• Yorkshire
• Landrace
• Hampshire
• Duroc
• Tamworth

4. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
Indigenous or native breeds of pig can be
found throughout the country.
They are a small body size compared to
other exotic and crosses pig types.
There name varies from region to region, for
example: Jangali Bandel / Wild Boar, Pygmi
Bandel, Hurra, Banmpudke, Chwanche,
Pakhribas Black Pig and Dharane Kalo
Banggur.
INDIGENOUS
BREEDS OF
PIG

5. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
WILD BOAR /JUNGLEE BANDEL
• Found in the wild throughout the country.
• Height ; 90 – 95 cm
• Weight; 200 – 250 kg
• Color; Brown black with thick hair on the
body
• Herd comprises ; 6 – 30 heads up to 3
generation
• Conceive: Oct – Dec,
• Farrowing :Feb – April
• Gestation period 115 days
• Litter size; 4 – 6,
• Piglets look very different in
• appearanceand in color strips at an
• early stage.

6. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
PYGMI BANDEL
➢ Found in throughoutnorthern India, Bhutan, and Nepal.
➢ Smallest, adult males average 65 cm long and 25 cm tall.
➢ Females are slightly smaller.
➢ Males average 8.5 kg in weight.
➢ Their coatshave blackish brown bristles over gray-brown skin.
➢ Reproductionis seasonal, and the birth peak coincides with the monsoon in late
April and May.
➢ Gestation is approximately100 daysand litterssize 2 to 6.
➢ Sexual maturity at 13 to 33 months and live 10 to 12 years in the wild.
➢ Small family 5 to 20 members.
➢ it was placed in the Endangered category according to IUCN in 1960.
➢ Found in the wild

7. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
HURRA
• Found in throughout Terai of
Nepal kept under scavenging
systems.
• Their coats have brown bristles
on the neck portion.
• Reached adultery at 226 days.
• Average litter size is 5.72and
weaning size is 5.14
• Avg. birth weight 700gm.
• Maturedmales 45 and female 49
kg live weight.
• Resistance to several diseases
and parasites

8. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
Chwanche
➢Found in across the mid hills of Nepal.
➢Kept under semi-intensive systems.
➢Mostly found in black color.
➢Reached adultery at 219 days.
➢Gestation period is 114 days with farrowing interval
of 222days.
➢Average litter size is 7.33 and weaning size is 6.0 with
birth weight 800 gm.
➢Matured males average 24 and female 32 kg live
weight.
➢Resistance to several diseases and parasites

9. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
BAMPUDKE
➢Bampudke is the domesticatedform of Jangali
Bandel.
➢Known as smallest domesticatedbreed of pig.
➢Color varies red – brownish to black.
➢ Reached adultery at 187 days.
➢Gestation period is 114 days with farrowing interval
of 138 days.
➢Average litter size is 4.7 and weaning size is 3.4 with
birth weight 650 gm.
➢Matured males average 20 and female 19 kg live
weight.
➢Resistance to several diseases and parasites

10. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
PAKHRIBAS BLACK PIG
➢ The Pakhribas Black Pig was Developed at Pakhribas
Agriculture Centre, Dhankuta Nepal through three
ways crossing between Saddleback, Fayun and
Tamworth.
➢ Black in color.
➢ Average litter size is 9.4 and birth weight is 1.0 kg.
➢ Matured male average 170 and female 160 kg live
weight.
➢ Resistance to several diseases and parasites, and
superior over other local breeds.

11. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
DHARANE KALO BUNGURR
• Black pig found in the eastern terai and hills of
Nepal.
• Long body, large ear dropping upward.
• Highly prolific, average litter size 8 – 10 with
high weaning rate.
• Resistance to several disease and parasites.
• Easily reared on locally available feed resources
and crop by products.
• Perfect for semi-intensive systems.

12. EXOTIC BREEDS OF PIG
➢LANDRACE
➢DUROC
➢TIBETAN
➢HAMSPHIRE
➢LARGE WHITE YOLKSHIRE

13. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
LANDRACE
➢ Originally it is a Dennish pig popularly breed to
produce highest quality bacon in the world.
➢ white pig characterized by long deep side,
square ham, short legs with heavy lop ear
(dropping ears) inclined to the front above the
eyes and long snout.
➢ The carcass is leaner with less back fat and lard.
➢ popular for its high prolificacy and for efficiency
of feed utilization.
➢ In Nepal Landrace is used for developing
crossbreed.

14. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
DUROC
➢ American breed.
➢ Red in color with shades varying from a golden to
cherry red color.
➢ Has dropping ear.
➢ Less aggressive.
➢ Excellent growth rate and feed efficiency.
➢ Early maturing, farrowing many litters and is
good mother.
➢ Mature boar weight about 400 kg and sow 350
kg.
➢ The carcass is considered as a good meat type.
➢ It is widely used for cross breeding.

15. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
TIBETAN
➢ ORIGIN; TIBETAN PLATUE
➢ Especially adapted to the high hills, cold climate and
to being on pasture all year round.
➢ characterized by: Light body weight (mature wt
about 35kg ) ,Black hair coat, with long and dense
bristles
➢ Highly developed digestive organs; the length of the
intestineis about 36 times its own body length.
➢ Ability to deposit fat in the body. The internal and
visceral fat is about 15 percent of bodyweight.
➢ Muscles with a marble appearance and meat with a
special flavor.
➢ Low prolificacy,

16. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
HAMSPHIRE
➢ ORIGIN: NORTHERN ENGLAND
➢ Hampshire: black, white belt,
muscular.
➢ Average live weight of matured male
300
➢ kg and female is 250 kg.
➢ Good for Bacon production.
➢ High prolificacy, with a litter size of 9
with high weaning rate.

17. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION

18. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
A. Sakini:
➢ Especially reared in rural area of hill region.
➢ Have slim body, strong and energetic.
➢ Adult weight is about 1.5-2 kg.
➢ Have sickle shaped feather in their tail region.
➢ They can gave up to 78 eggs /year.
➢ They are highly resistant to diseases.
B. Powkh ultya:
➢ Found in rural area of Nepal.
➢ But their numbers is declining day by day.
➢ Feathers face towards the head region so named
it powkh ultya.
➢ It is about 1.5 -2 kg in adult.
➢ They can gave 50 -70 eggs/year.
C. Ghatee khuilae:
➢ Found in rural area of Nepal.
➢ Absence of feather in their neck region thus
named ghatee khuilae.
➢ It is also 1.5-2 kg in adult.

19. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
Exotic BREEDS OF POULTRY
American breeds
a. New Hampshire
b. Rhode island reds
c. Plymouth rock
English breed
a. Australorp
b. Sussex
Mediterranean breeds
a. Leghorn
b. Minoro

20. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
AMERICAN BREEDS
A. New hampshire
➢ Single comb.
➢ The body less rectangular in shape than rhode island
red.
➢ Dual purpose breed.
➢ Hardy and produces large brown eggs.
➢ Lower neck feather are distinctly tipped with black in
female
➢ tail feather are black.
B. Rhode island reds:
➢ Originated from rhode island in new england.
➢ Long rectangular body which is also broad and deep.
➢ Back is flat and have forward breast
➢ black and sickle feathers in tail.
➢ Slight black marking at the base of lower neck of
female
➢ Brownish red but white and brown are not
uncommon.
C. Plymouth rock:
➢ Long body with broad prominent breast.
➢ Have single comb.
➢ 7 common varieties in this breed based on blue,
barred, white, buff, silver penciled, partridge and
Columbian.
➢ They are excellent flesh and the hens are good layers.

21. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
English breed:
A. Australorp:
➢ Developed in australia principally for egg production
rather than meat.
➢ Back is long, and body slopes gradually towards the
tail.
➢ The comb is single, the body is black, beak is black,
shank and toes are black and white.
➢ They produced brown shelled egg.
B. Sussex:
➢ There are 3 varieties in this breed such as light sussex,
speckle sussex and red sussex.
➢ These light sussex has been introduced by pakhribas
agricultural centre, dhankuta, nepal.
➢ Long bodies which are broad at shoulder with good
depth from front to ears.
➢ The birds have brown colored shanks, beaks and toes.
➢ They have single comb.
➢ Birds are primarily of meat type but good laying strain
have been developed

22. BREEDS OF PIG AND POULTRY LPM211 PIG AND POULTRY PRODUCTION
Mediterranean breeds:
A. Leghorn:
➢ There are 12 varieties in this breed.
➢ Popular for production of egg rather than for
the production of table meat.
➢ White leg horn has excellent feed efficiency.
➢ Eggs white in color.
➢ All the varieties of this breed has yellow
beak, skin, shank and toe.
➢ There are single comb.
B. Minoro:
➢ Have long body, large sized comb and wattle.
➢ Large white ear lobes, long strong bodies,
legs set squarely under the powerful looking
body are the distinct characteristics of this
breed.
➢ The beak, shanks and toes are black.
➢ They are excellent producer of large white
eggs.
➢ The egg shell is chalk white in color.