Swine reproduction
By: Roderick C. Tubbs and Allen D. Leman, guest editors.
Contributors: Tubbs, Roderick C.; Leman, Allen D., 1944-
Series: The Veterinary clinics of North America -- v. 8, no. 3.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 760
Subjects: Swine -- Reproduction.; Swine -- Breeding.
Notes: "November 1992."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Genetic influences on reproductive performance / David G. McLaren and Mark Bovey; value: Biosecurity and minimal disease herds / Camille Moore; value: Breeding and gestation facilities for swine: matching biology to facility design / Paul D. Ruen, Gary D. Dial, Dale D. Polson, and William E. Marsh; value: Factors affecting the reproductive performance of the weaned sow / Glen W. Almond; value: Mating management / Donald G. Levis; value: Artificial insemination in swine / B.G. Crabo and Gary D. Dial; value: Optimizing longevity in sows and boars / Sylvie D'Allaire, Allen D. Leman, and Richard Drolet; value: Managing the lactating sow for optimal weaning and rebreeding peformance / Mike D. Tokach and Gary D. Dial; value: Management of replacement breeding animals / Roy N. Kirkwood and Philip A. Thacker; value: Nutrition for optimizing breeding herd performance / F.X. Aherne and Ian H. Williams; value: Optimizing farrowing rate and litter size and minimizing nonproductive sow days / Allen D. Leman; value: Stillbirths, mummies, abortions, and early embryonic death / William T. Christianson; value: Porcine urogenital disease / Scott A. Dee; value: Pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of lactational insufficiency in sows / Guy-Pierre Martineau, Bradford B. Smith, and Beatrice Doize; value: Preweaning mortality / Jean-Pierre Vaillancourt and Roderick C. Tubbs; value: Pharmacologic control of swine reproduction / Anton L. Pressing; value: Financial evaluation and decision making in the swine breeding herd / Dale D. Polson, William E. Marsh, and Gary D. Dial.