A Study about the Piggery Sector Sustainability, Pig Breed Diversity and Its Ecological Implications in Urban Districts of Uttarakhand

• DOI: 10.3390/iecd2022-12410
• Publication Date: 2022-08-08T03:20:41Z
• Authors: Khusbu Sahu
• Keywords: Human settlement; Wild boar; Purebred; mtDNA control region

Uttarakhand is situated on the southern slope of world's youngest (geo-dynamically sensitive) mountain system, "the Himalayas". Owing to rapid deforestation in planar districts due an increase infrastructural growth, wildlife–livestock–human interface has blurred. This increased chances contact exposure wild boars humans and domestic animals. The study identifies location pig rearers their rearing practices, with its ecological effects, also studies mitochondrial DNA diversity using a control region from 68 samples collected surveyed household. Analysis showed that 60.7%, 10.7% 21.4% households raised near seasonal streams (slum settlements), residential areas forest, respectively. Furthermore, 28.6% maintained breeding boar feral origin 96.94% followed semi-intensive practices; hence human settlements have stayed close association pigs (domestic wild) other possibility emergence zoonotic non-zoonotic disease easy transmission become more prominent urban setting. A total 18 haplotypes were observed 34 segregating sites analyzed sequences. high level haplotype nucleotide suggested crossbreeding among species.