Modern pig production technology : a practical guide to profit /: a practical guide to profit. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Gadd.
• Other Names: Gadd, John
• Contents: Creep feeding science, the latest -- Getting bigger litters -- Bigger litters and good birth weights -- Avoiding post weaning problems -- Immunity, the producers 'Achilles heel' -- Stress -- The gilt -- Biosecurity -- Mycotoxins -- Business section -- The new terminology -- Managing people -- Partnerships -- Computer records -- Contracts -- Growth rate -- Food conversion -- Mixing pigs -- Stocking density -- Computerised wet feeding -- Batch farrowing -- Parity segregation -- Seasonal infertility -- Hot weather -- Dirty pens -- Tailbiting and other vices.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : NUP Nottingham University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (612 pages)
• Subjects: 636.4; Swine; Swine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781910455197; 1910455199
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.