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Materials and Methods Zovawk pig is one of the local types of pig available in the North eastern states of India. The home tract of Zovawk is in different parts of Mizoram state in India. This pig is of scavenging type. The Zovawk pigs are of small size and attain puberty at the age of 2.5 months when they are about 4.5 kg body weight. The first farrowing occurs at the age of 9-10 months when they are of about 40 kg body weights [1]. As per its behavior this pig is very alert to the social happening such as presence of any intruder in the farm by making immediate response to the sound or the gestures of the intruder. Among all the livestock, pig is one of the most valued and popular as 100% tribal population in the region are pork eaters. Pork is the preferred meat amongst the people of Mizoram. The Zovawk pork is preferred to others by people of Mizoram due to its taste and perceived medicinal properties as conceived by local people. Out of the total livestock population of 3,28,135 in Mizoram, pig population is 2,67,361 in which indigenous pig population is only 47,143 and of these, this pig is being domesticated more in rural areas than in the urban areas of Mizoram (1,78,000 vs. 89,000) as per the Livestock Census [2]. Since this pig's population is very low as compared to other reared exotic breeds and crossbreds and more of the animals are confined in rural areas of Mizoram, supply of Zovawk pork in the market is limited and it is almost negligible. Therefore, there is a need of the situation to increase the population and productivity of Zovawk in order to meet its demand in the market as well as a part of conservation of the pig. As a part of AICRP on Pigs, the Zovawk pigs were brought from different parts of Mizoram. They were being reared and taken care under AICRP on Pigs at the College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Selesih, Aizawl, Mizoram, India [3]. Screening of health status of animals requires knowledge on the normal baseline data on various physiological parameters [4]. Hematological profiles are important indicators of health and disease status and have been used in disease diagnosis and treatment of many diseases [5]. Reference values for clinical, biochemical and hematological parameters are required for data interpretation of health and disease status [6]. Recently a few scientific studies have been reported in terms of the body conformation and electrolyte profile of Zovawk pigs [7-8]. The present investigation was therefore undertaken in order to find out the normal baseline data on hematological parameters since this pig had never been investigated earlier for its hematological profile. The presented data could be utilized as reference values for examination of Zovawk pig as well as in diagnosis of diseases which will ultimately facilitate in management systems and averting the economic losses.

Hematological Profile of Zovawk – an indigenous pig of Mizoram