Feed efficiency in swine

by Patience, John F.

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Full title :Feed efficiency in swine / edited by John F. Patience.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wageningen Academic Publishers
Place of Publication:Wageningen
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:275 str. : : ilustr. ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789086862023, 9086862020, 9789086867561, 9086867561
DOI:10.3921/978-90-8686-756-1
oclc:ocn840043144
Dewey Decimal:636.4085

1. Herd management factors that influence whole herd feed efficiency -- 2. Feeding and barn management sytayegies that maximize feed efficiency -- 3. Liquid feeding corn-based diets to growing pigs: practical considerations and use of co-products -- 4. Amino acid nutrition and feed efficiency -- 5. The influence of dietary energy on feed efficiency in grow-finish swine -- 6. Feed processing to maximize feed efficiency -- 7. The genetic and biological basis of residual feed intake as a measure of feed efficiency -- 8. Pig breeding for improved feed efficiency -- 9. Effect of climate environment on feed efficiency in swine -- 10. Fueling the immune response: what's the cost? -- 11. Influence of health on feed efficiency -- 12. Physiology of feed effiency in the pig: emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract and specific dietary examples -- 13. Emerging technologies with the potential to improve feed efficiency in swine.