Pigs
Subtitle: a guide to management
By: Neville Beynon
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Wiltshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781847977526
Subjects: Swine; Livestock
Description: "This clearly written, well-illustrated book is an essential and accessible reference work aimed at all those involved in keeping these fascinating animals: commercial pig farmers large and small, smallholders, students, and hobbyist and pet pig-keepers. It provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination in both modern and commercial production and in maintaining or rare breeds. The welfare, care and management of the pig through to its sale as a finished pig, along with the breeding sow, gilt and boar, is a central theme"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Originally published: 1990.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The pig and its development; title: The market and its influence on breeds and systems; title: The nutritional needs of the pig; title: The pig and its environment; title: Reproduction; title: Piglets : Survival, growth, and development; title: The finishing pig; title: Sow and gilt management; title: Health and welfare; title: Showing and carcase competitions; title: Future developments.