Perspectives In Pig Science

Authors: Edited by J Wiseman, MA Varley and B Kemp
Following the success of Principles of Pig Science and Progress in Pig Science, this year sees the publication of a third title covering a broad range of topics of critical importance to pig scientists and producers.

Perspectives in Pig Science features a collection of 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; nutrition.

Availability: In Print
Publication date: May 2003
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Extent: 536 pp.
ISBN: 1-897676-19-0

Book Contents

Introduction
Current status of the global pig industry
Genetic selection for litter size and neonatal / pre-weaning survival
Genotype environment interactions
Prospectives in pig genetics
Pig meat production markets
Integrated planning for future developments in pig businesses
Developments of organic pig production systems
Nutritional management of integrated pig units , raw materials, formulations,feed distribution
Biochemical basis for meat quality
Immunological aspects of Post-Weaning
Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome
Welfare of the Neonate
Environmental issues in the newly-weaned piglet
Coping strategies in group-housed animals
Strategies for the control of on-farm epidemics
Insemination strategies
Placental development, efficiency and embryonic mortality
Physiological developments in the gilt
Lifetime performance of the sow
Nutritional influences on gut physiology post- weaning
Control of food intake in pigs and its relation to health
Transition feeding systems postweaning
Nutritional modelling in large scale commercial units
Nutritional influences of fibre on growth
Index