Whittemore's Science and Practice of Pig Production

Preface and Acknowledgements xv Contributors xvii Chapter 1 Introduction 1Colin Whittemore Chapter 2 Pig meat and carcass quality 4Jeff Wood and Colin Whittemore Chapter 3 Growth and body composition changes in pigs 65Colin Whittemore and Ilias Kyriazakis Chapter 4 Reproduction 104Cheryl Ashworth Chapter 5 Pig behaviour and welfare 148Colin Whittemore Chapter 6 Development and improvement of pigs by genetic selection 184Colin Whittemore Chapter 7 The maintenance of health 263John Carr Chapter 8 Energy value of feedstuffs for pigs 317Colin Whittemore Chapter 9 Nutritional value of proteins and amino acids in feedstuffs for pigs 343Cornelis de Lange and Colin Whittemore Chapter 10 Value of fats and oils in pig diets 368Julian Wiseman Chapter 11 Energy and protein requirements for maintenance, growth and reproduction 379Colin Whittemore Chapter 12 Requirements for water, minerals and vitamins 404Colin Whittemore Chapter 13 Appetite and voluntary feed intake 417Ilias Kyriazakis and Colin Whittemore Chapter 14 Diet formulation 438Mick Hazzledine and Colin Whittemore Chapter 15 Optimisation of feed supply to growing pigs and breeding sows 472Colin Whittemore Chapter 16 Product marketing 507Jaume Coma Chapter 17 Environmental management of pigs 533Christopher Wathes and Colin Whittemore Chapter 18 Production performance monitoring 593Colin Whittemore Chapter 19 Simulation modelling 606Darren Green, Ian Wellock and Colin Whittemore Chapter 20 Conclusion 645 Appendices 649 Index 659