Perspectives in Pig Science
Published on 15. December 2002
Book
Hardback
548 pages
978-1-897676-19-6 (ISBN)
Description
Following the success of Principles of Pig Science and Progress in Pig Science, this volume also covers a broad range of topics of critical importance to pig scientists and producers. Perspectives in Pig Science brings together papers by some of the world's leading authorities, in five key areas: breeding and genetics; management; marketing and meat quality; health and welfare; reproduction and reproductive management, and nutrition.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
5M Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
95 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-897676-19-6 (9781897676196)
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Persons
Julian Wiseman has worked at the University of Nottingham, UK for many years. He is a Professor of Animal Production with a major emphasis on research into pig nutrition. He has published extensively; is the author 3 books on pigs, and he has edited another 25 books. These include topics such as animal feedstuffs, poultry, rabbit, and ruminant production. He has translated 3 books from French into English. Professor Wiseman has been a co-author of 11 volumes of the annual series Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition, published by Nottingham University Press.
Content
The ups and downs of the global pig market * Genetic selection for litter size and piglet survival * Genotype environment interactions * Prospects in pig genetics * Pigmeat production markets * Integrated planning for future developments in pig businesses * Development of organic pig production systems * Nutritional management in integrated pig units * Biochemical basis for meat quality * Immunological aspects of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome * Welfare of the neonatal piglet * Environmental issues in the weaning piglet * Coping styles in pigs * Strategies to control on-farm transmission of infectious agents * Insemination strategies in swine: physiological backgrounds and practical consequences * Placental development, efficiency and embryonic mortality * Physiological development in the gilt * Lifetime performance of the sow * Nutritional influences on gut physiology * The control and prediction of food intake in sickness and in health * Transition feeding systems post-weaning * Nutritional modelling in large scale commercial units: amino acids * Influences of dietary fibre on physical activity and behaviour, and on its energy value for growing pigs * Index