Whittemore's Science And Practice Of Pig Production, Hardcover by Kyriazakis, I. (EDT); Whittemore, Colin Trengove (EDT), ISBN 1405124482, ISBN-13 9781405124485, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

For the third edition of this textbook on the practical and scientific aspects of agricultural pig production, Whittemore (College of Science and Engineering, U. of Edinburgh, UK) has abandoned sole authorship, inviting a panel of international authorities to help him revise the material and taking on Kyriazakis (animal nutrition and health, Scottish Agricultural College, UK) as senior editor in order to maintain cohesiveness. Following the introduction, chapters cover pig meat and carcass quality; growth and body composition changes in pigs; reproduction; pig behavior and welfare; development and improvement of pigs by genetic selection; pig health maintenance; energy value of feedstuffs for pigs; nutritional value of proteins and amino acids in feedstuffs for pigs; value of fats and oils in pig diets; energy and protein requirements for maintenance, growth, and reproduction; requirements for water, minerals, and vitamins; appetite and voluntary feed intake; diet formulation; optimization of feed supply to growing pigs and breeding sows; product marketing; environmental management of pigs; production performance monitoring; and simulation modeling. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()