The weaner pig : nutrition and management / edited by M.A. Varley and J. Wiseman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Varley, M. A. (Mike A.)

Wiseman, J. (Julian)

British Society of Animal Science. Meeting (2000 : University of Nottingham)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piglets--Nutrition--Requirements--Congresses.

Piglets.

Piglets--Feeding and feeds--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Developed from a British Society of Animal Science meeting, held in September 2000, this book brings together the scientific disciplines involved in the pre- and post-weaning biology of the piglet. It concentrates on topics such as: growth/development, nutrition, immunology/health, ethology, and the physical environment.

Contents:

Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Growth of the Young Weaned Pig; 2 Energy Requirements of the Young Pig; 3 Protein and Amino Acid Requirements of Weaner Pigs; 4 Starch Digestion in Piglets; 5 Non-starch Polysaccharides in the Diets of Young Weaned Piglets; 6 Individual Feed Intake of Group-housed Weaned Pigs and Health Status; 7 The Weaner Pig - Enzymes and Biotechnology for the Future; 8 Liquid feeding for the Young Piglet; 9 Digestive Physiology and Development in Pigs; 10 Enteric Immunity and Gut Health; 11 Enteric and Respiratory Diseases in the Young Weaned Piglet

12 Gut Health: Practical Considerations13 Aerial Pollutants from Weaner Production; 14 Behaviour of the Young Weaner Pig; 15 Practical Management and Housing of the Young Weaned Piglet; 16 Weaning Systems in Relation to Disease; 17 Weaning in Practice; Index

Notes:

Papers from the occasional Meeting of the British Society of Animal Science, held at Nottingham University, Sept. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-82921-4

9786610829217

0-85199-888-7

OCLC:

476055934