The Lactating Sow
Published on 5. June 1998
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-90-74134-43-9 (ISBN)
Description
Over the last twenty years there have been major changes in pig production. One such change concerns the lactating sow: productivity, measured in terms of piglets weaned per year or litter weight at weaning, has increased dramatically. This development ha
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Language
English
Place of publication
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-74134-43-9 (9789074134439)
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Content
The composition of colostrum and milk, A. Darragh; immunological aspects - comparison with other species, F. Blecha; factors influencing the utilization of colostrum and milk, J. Pluske and G.Z. Dong; nutrient uptake and endocrine regulation of milk synthesis by mammary tissue of lactating sows, R. Dean Boyd, et al; genetic influences on milk quantity, D.D.S. Mackenzie; energetic efficiency of milk production, J. Noblet; dietary amino acids and milk production, R.H. King; dietary fat and milk production, L. Babinszky; nutritional effects during lactation and weaning to estrus interval, I. William; influence of pregnancy feeding on lactation performance, C.T. Whittemore; nitrogen intake and metabolism during pregnancy and lactation, H. Everts; nutritional strategy and reproduction, C.M.C. van der Peet-Schwering; lactational effects on the endocrinology of reproduction, B. Kemp; modelling metabolism of the lactating sow, J.E. Pettigrew; thermal requirements of the lactating sow, J.W. Schrama and J.W.G.M. Swinkels; influence of some sow and piglet characteristics and of environmental conditions on milk production in the sow, M. Etienne, et al; behaviour of the lactating sow, P. Brooks.