Paradigms in Pig Science

The ups and downs of the global pig market * Perspectives in world meat production, 2007 to 2015 * How large systems make health decisions * Housing and environment for growing pigs * From sustainability to sustained ability: strategy for continuous professional development within the pig production industry in England * Co-operative farm group issues * Liquid feeding: a technology that can deliver benefits to producer profitability, pig health & welfare, environment, food safety and meat quality * A practical approach to health controls and risk management in the pig breeding pyramid * Pig respiratory bacterial pathogens: bacterial overview and vaccine trends * Trends in pig farming in China and south-east Asia * Idiosyncrasies of piglet lipid metabolism and their relationship to postnatal mortality * Consequences of selection for litter size on piglet development * Artificial insemination and embryo transfer in the modern pig industry - an applied commercial approach * Future breeding policies from an applied perspective * Reproductive biotechnology in pigs: what will remain? * Minority breeds * Influence of nutritional factors on placental growth and piglet imprinting * Gilt management, oocyte quality and embryo survival * Intermittent suckling: tackling lactational anoestrus and alleviating weaning risks for piglets * Ad libitum feeding of gestating sows * Fundamental aspects of meat science - tenderisation * Compensatory growth in pigs: effects on performance, protein turnover and meat quality * Selection for carcase quality * Farmingnet, the best way to a higher yield * Commodity futures * Nutritional value of co-products from vegetable food industry * Food intake and performance of pigs during health, disease and recovery * In vitro characterization of starch digestion and its implications for pigs * Index