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

This book focuses on the nutrition and management of weaner pigs, elaborating on the growth, nutritional requirements and feeding, digestive physiology, enteric immunity and gut health, enteric and respiratory diseases, and behaviour of piglets. Weaning systems, practical management and housing for...

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Corporate Author: British Society of Animal Science. Meeting
Other Authors: Varley, M. A. (Mike A.), Wiseman, J. (Julian)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : CABI Pub., ©2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • Growth of the Young Weaned Pig / C.T. Whittemore and D.M. Green
  • Energy Requirements of the Young Pig / J. Le Dividich and B. Sève
  • Protein and Amino Acid Requirements of Weaner Pigs / M. Cole and M. Sprent
  • Starch Digestion in Piglets / J. Wiseman, J. Pickard and L. Zarkadas
  • Non-starch Polysaccharides in the Diets of Young Weaned Piglets / J.R. Pluske, J.C. Kim, D.E. McDonald, D.W. Pethick and D.J. Hampson
  • Individual Feed Intake of Group-housed Weaned Pigs and Health Status / E.M.A.M. Bruininx, C.M.C. van der Peet-Schwering and J.W. Schrama
  • The Weaner Pig : Enzymes and Biotechnology for the Future / G. Partridge
  • Liquid Feeding for the Young Piglet / P.H. Brooks, C.A. Moran, J.D. Beal, V. Demeckova and A. Campbell
  • Digestive Physiology and Development in Pigs / D. Kelly and T.P. King
  • Enteric Immunity and Gut Health / M. Bailey, M.A. Vega-Lopez, H.-J. Rothkötter, K. Haverson, P.W. Bland, B.G. Miller and C.R. Stokes
  • Enteric and Respiratory Diseases in the Young Weaned Piglet / S. Done
  • Gut Health : Practical Considerations / P. Baynes and M. Varley
  • Aerial Pollutants from Weaner Production / C.M. Wathes
  • Behaviour of the Young Weaner Pig / S. Held and M. Mendl
  • Practical Management and Housing of the Young Weaned Piglet / M. Evans
  • Weaning Systems in Relation to Disease / P. Wallgren and L. Melin
  • Weaning in Practice / J.W.G.M. Swinkels, H.A.M. Spoolder and H.M. Vermeer.