author(s)
Prasanta Boro, BHM Patel, NR Sahoo, GK Gaur, Mukesh Singh, Triveni Dutt, BC Naha, Anup Kumar Singh, MR Verma, Asu Singh Godhara and Rajveer Maurya

abstract
Morphometric attributes helps in the characterization of many species of animals besides other characterization strategies viz. phenotypic attributes and molecular techniques like micro-satellite based genetic diversity. The present investigation was undertaken in six tehsils of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh to evaluate the morphometric attributes of Desi pigs for the first time ever. The breeding tract of this precious germ-plasm are Bareilly region, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Lucknow and Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 632 Desi pigs were selected for the study. Field level investigation on morphometric, of native pigs was done using a relevant proforma. The results revealed that the mean adult body weight was 53.10±0.47 kg and 53.50±0.40 kg for males and females, respectively. Highly significant (P<0.001) morphometric differences were observed amongst the five age groups 0-3, 3-6, 6-12,12-18 and 18-24 months, respectively but within the same age group much significant differences were not observed. These recorded traits are very much useful to characterize desi pigs of Bareilly district and also useful in the selection of breeding stock for future parents. Based on this study, most of the parameters were comparable with other recognized indigenous pig.