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Feed efficiency in swine / edited by John F. Patience.
Veterinary: du Pont Library (New Bolton) SF396.5 .F44 2012
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swine--Feeding and feeds.
- Swine.
- Swine--Nutrition.
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wageningen : Wageningen Academic, 2012.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9086862020
- 9789086862023
- OCLC:
- 795176867
- Publisher Number:
- 99954692316
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