Non-Traditional Feeds for Use in Swine Production (1992)

Non-Traditional Feeds for Use in Swine Production (1992)
Author: Phillip Thacker
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 745
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1351359789

Feed represents the single greatest expense associated with bringing pigs to market weight. Therefore, if you can reduce the cost of feeding without detriment to pig performance, the economics of swine production will improve. The ingredient list for swine rations has become fairly limited, and the majority of diets fed to pigs consist of a few staples, such as corn, wheat, barley, and soybean meal. Non-Traditional Feeds for Use in Swine Production explores over fifty non-traditional feedstuffs in terms of their nutritional content and their viability as alternative, cost effective food sources

All about Pigs & Pig-Keeping - 800 Questions and Answers

All about Pigs & Pig-Keeping - 800 Questions and Answers
Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2011-03-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1446545202

“All About Pigs & Pig-Keeping” contains almost all the information one might want to know about pigs and related subjects. Presented as a series of over 800 questions and answers split into helpful sections, this volume is sure to be of utility to farmers and pig owners alike. Contents Include: “Breeding”, “Breeding for Bacon”, “Sow's Breeding Life”, “Feeding”, “Animal Protein”, “Antibiotics”, “Artificial Rearing”, “Housing”, “Equipment”, “Fattening”, “Houses”, “Management”, “Bad Habits”, “Crops and Cropping”, “Ear Marking and Ringing”, “Veterinary Abnormalities”, “Abnormal Behaviour”, “Abortion”, “Boar Troubles”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of farming.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 860
Release: 1919
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN: