Pigs

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Sustainable swine nutrition

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As climate change continues to have a significant impact on the modern world, it is crucial to find alternative sources of energy and nutrients for swine production. The development of optimal feeding revolves around a multitude of considerations--genetic variations in the pig, …

Human hepatitis E virus (HEV) was first reported in 1980 and is now considered a major cause of acute non-A, non-B hepatitis in humans. HEV infection is reported throughout the world and occurs in epidemic form in developing countries where the disease is endemic and is often as…

Welfare and health issues in pigs have become increasingly important to the public and in science. Worldwide, most commercial pigs are housed in rather barren, stimulus-poor housing conditions. These barren conditions limit the expression of their natural species-specific behavi…

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Feed efficiency in swine

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The book has been prepared as a comprehensive treatise on the current state of our understanding of this topic which is so important to the pork industry. It provides insight into the many factors affecting feed efficiency, ranging from diet processing to herd health, from nutri…

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Social behavior in farm animals

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The book is about social behaviour in farm animals (cattle, pigs, domestic birds, sheep, horses and fish). Part I of the book deals with the concepts of social behaviour, Part II concentrates on species-specific animal behaviour, and part III tackles the contemporary topics in s…

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Social behavior in farm animals

by Keeling, L. J., (Linda J.), Gonyou, H. W., (Harold W.)

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Annotation An understanding of social behavior is increasingly necessary in farm animal husbandry as more animals are housed in groups rather than in individual stalls or pens. There may be economic or welfare reasons for such housing. This book is the first to specifically addr…

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Modern pig production technology: a practical guide to profit

by Gadd, John

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This book provides practical, easy-to-understand advice on all the important management techniques used by the most successful pig producers today. It also describes and analyses likely future developments and how they might fit in to the economic scene.

A total of six experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing specific nutrients including menhaden fish meal (MFM), spray-dried plasma (SDP), glutamine (GLN), glutamate (GLU), monosodium glutamate (MSG), nucleotides (NUC), and a hatchling supplement (Oasis)…

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Nutrition and feeding of organic pigs

by Blair, Robert

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Organic animal production has increased rapidly in recent years to keep up with the increasing consumer demand for organic meats. There are many guidelines and restrictions on what go into the feedstuffs of organically farmed animals, from which difficulties arise when trying to…

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The weaner pig: nutrition and management

by British Society of Animal Science., Meeting, Nottingham University)

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Weaning represents a significant challenge to every young piglet and the success of the process is crucial to the lifetime performance of the animal. The transition from a liquid diet to one that is usually based on dry food ingredients is accompanied by major changes in digesti…

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The weaner pig: nutrition and management

by Wiseman, J., (Julian), Varley, M. A., (Mike A.), British Society of Animal Science., Meeting, University of Nottingham)

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This book focuses on the nutrition and management of weaner pigs, elaborating on the growth, nutritional requirements and feeding, digestive physiology, enteric immunity and gut health, enteric and respiratory diseases, and behaviour of piglets. Weaning systems, practical manage…

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Mechanistic modelling in pig and poultry production

by Gous, R., Morris, T. R., (Trevor Raymond), Fisher, C.

fromCAB books

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Based on papers presented at a symposium held in 2005 in South Africa, this book brings together the academic writings on modelling concepts, problems and applications of models and looks at the development, usefulness and limitations of models in pigs and poultry.

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Farm animal medicine and surgery for small animal veterinarians

by Duncanson, Graham R.

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This is a quick reference guide to meet the increasing demand from small animal veterinarians to treat the farm animals of local hobby farmers, small holders and people with novelty pets. The coverage includes popular animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, South American Camelids…