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Full Description
These proceedings are based on the 62nd Easter School held at the University of Nottingham in 2007. It brings together an extremely diverse range of topics, all presented by recognised global experts in their field. The book will appeal to anybody who is involved in pig science and practice.
Contents
The ups and downs of the global pig market * Perspectives in world meat production, 2007 to 2015 * How large systems make health decisions * Housing and environment for growing pigs * From sustainability to sustained ability: strategy for continuous professional development within the pig production industry in England * Co-operative farm group issues * Liquid feeding: a technology that can deliver benefits to producer profitability, pig health & welfare, environment, food safety and meat quality * A practical approach to health controls and risk management in the pig breeding pyramid * Pig respiratory bacterial pathogens: bacterial overview and vaccine trends * Trends in pig farming in China and south-east Asia * Idiosyncrasies of piglet lipid metabolism and their relationship to postnatal mortality * Consequences of selection for litter size on piglet development * Artificial insemination and embryo transfer in the modern pig industry - an applied commercial approach * Future breeding policies from an applied perspective * Reproductive biotechnology in pigs: what will remain? * Minority breeds * Influence of nutritional factors on placental growth and piglet imprinting * Gilt management, oocyte quality and embryo survival * Intermittent suckling: tackling lactational anoestrus and alleviating weaning risks for piglets * Ad libitum feeding of gestating sows * Fundamental aspects of meat science - tenderisation * Compensatory growth in pigs: effects on performance, protein turnover and meat quality * Selection for carcase quality * Farmingnet, the best way to a higher yield * Commodity futures * Nutritional value of co-products from vegetable food industry * Food intake and performance of pigs during health, disease and recovery * In vitro characterization of starch digestion and its implications for pigs * Index
