Paradigms in Pig Science

, by Wiseman, J.; Varley, M. A.; McOrist, S.; Kemp, B.

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ISBN: 9781904761563 | 1904761569
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/1/2008

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This fully documeted overview outlines the regular meetings on pig science held at the University of Nottingham within the Easter School series, especially the most recent meeting held in July 2007 entitled Paradigms in Pig Science, which coincided with the Chinese year of the pig.

Preface	p. v
The UPS and downs of the Global pig Market	p. 1
Perspectives in world meat production, 2007 to 2015	p. 11
How Large Systems Make Health Decisions	p. 33
Housing and Environment for Growing Pigs	p. 41
From Sustainability to sustained ability: Strategy for continuous professional Development within the pig production industry in England	p. 67
Co-Operative farm group Issues	p. 97
Liquid Feeding: A Technology that can deliver benefits to producer profitability, pig Health & Welfare, environment, food safety and Meat Quality	p. 107
A practical approach to health controls and risk management in the pig Breeding Pyramid	p. 129
Pig respiratory bacterial pathogens: bacterial overview and vaccine trends	p. 169
Trends in Pig Farming in China and South-East Asia	p. 179
Idiosyncrasies of piglet lipid metabolism and their relationship to Postnatal Mortality	p. 187
Consequences of selection for litter size on piglet development	p. 207
Artificial insemination and embryo transfer in the modern pig industry-an applied commercial approach	p. 231
Future breeding policies from an applied perspective	p. 245
Reproductive Biotechnology in pigs: What will remain?	p. 263
Minority Breeds	p. 303
Influence of nutritional factors on placental growth and piglet imprinting	p. 309
Gilt Management, Oocyte Quality and Embryo Survival	p. 329
Intermittent Suckling: Tackling Lactational Anoestrus and Alleviating Weaning Risks for Piglets	p. 359
Ad Libitum Feeding of Gestating sows	p. 385
Fundamental aspects of Meat Science-Tenderisation	p. 395
Compensatory Growth in Pigs: Effects on Performance, Protein Turnover qnd Meat QualitY	p. 417
Selection rfor Carcase Quality	p. 427
Farmingnet, The best way to q higher Yield	p. 447
Commodity futures	p. 453
Nutritional value of co-products from vegetable food industry	p. 473
Food intake and performance of pigs during health, disease and recovery	p. 493
Invitro Characterization of starch digestion and its Implications for Pigs	p. 515
List of Participants	p. 527
Index	p. 535
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