Multi-Site Pig Production
Contributors: Wiley online library; Ebooks Corporation
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
ISBN-13: 9780470376713
Description: Multi-site Pig Production is the first comprehensive description of the most profound changes that have occurred in swine production methodology in many years. Dr Harris is singularly qualified to write this book because he has played a pivotal role in the development of multi-site rearing techniques that are being applied throughout the world. This book provides final definition for a variety of terms being used to describe swine production methods. A standardised nomenclature facilitates more accurate future interactions between participants in swine production systems that involve multiple.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Multi-site Pig Production; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1.Introduction; 2.Multi-site Rearing Systems; 3.Exclusion and Elimination of Microbes; 4.Immunity,Pig Performance,and the Emergence of Disease; 5.Control of Common Infectious Swine Diseases; 6.Policy Decisions and Opportunities for Owners and/or Senior Management; 7.Management of Multi-site Rearing Systems; 8.Breeding Stock Production; 9.Standardized Nomenclature,Alphanumeric Notation,and Diagrams; 10.Future Rearing Systems and Facilities; Index;