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| Author | : Trish Holyoake |
| Publisher | : NSW Agriculture |
| Total Pages | : 279 |
| Release | : 2018-02-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1760581828 |
This guide covers topics such as how to get started in pig production, animal welfare, health and nutrition, breeding and farming, pests and rodent control, environmental concerns, and marketing your pigs. It includes three case studies from the industry. This book will be a help to anyone interested in keeping pigs for personal enjoyment through to starting out in commercial farming. Table of contents: · Starting in pigs · Pig breeds and breed standards · Siting the piggery · Indoor or outdoor piggery · Provide fencing for pigs · Provide water for pigs · Pig nutrition - a diet fit for a pig · Rule 1: Provide more than just pasture · Rule 2: Process cereal grains · Rule 3: One diet does not suit all · Rule 4: Formulate diets to suit the need · Rule 5: Cool water is available at all times · Rule 6: Do not feed 'prohibited pig feed' (swill) to pigs · Rule 7: Check for hazardous substances in feed and beware · Manage manure and effluent · Marketing your pigs · Pig health · Parasites · Reproduction failure · Diarrhoea · Respiratory disease · Nervous behaviour · Salt poisoning · Leg and movement problems · Skin diseases · Vertebrate pests · Rodent control for outdoor piggeries · Case study: The accidental pig farmer · Case study: Bred free range · Case study: Indoor farrow to finish piggery
| Author | : M. A. Varley |
| Publisher | : CABI |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2001-11-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780851998886 |
This book is developed from a British Society of Animal Science occasional meeting, held in September 2000. It brings together all of the scientific disciplines involved in the pre- and post-weaning biology of the piglet, concentrating on growth/development, nutrition, immunology/health, ethology and the physical environment.
| Author | : R. F. Ridgeon |
| Publisher | : Farming Press Limited |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Swine |
| ISBN | : |
This work offers a summary of the annual results from 1946 to 1991 of the recording scheme from the Cambridge Pig Management Scheme. It also explains and comments upon the data, covering all classes of British pig keeping and highlighting major factors affecting efficiency and profitability, showing how they have changed over the period. The author also explains the methodology of the scheme.
| Author | : G. A. Longbottom |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 20 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : North of Scotland College of Agriculture |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Jaa Gardner |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 373 |
| Release | : 2013-10-22 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1483161765 |
Pig Production in Australia is a comprehensive book that presents the aspects and advances on Australian pig production. The text contains chapters on a very wide variety of topics relevant to the pig production industry. There are sections on production aspects of the industry such as genetics, reproduction, marketing, education and training and financial management. There is a comprehensive section on health and disease aspects. Other sections relevant to consumers such as the nutritional value and quality of pig meat and those factors which influence them are detailed. There is also coverage of important issues such as housing, waste disposal, the use of agricultural and veterinary chemicals, and animal welfare. The book will be invaluable to pig producers, academics and researchers, and extension workers.
| Author | : C. Devendra |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : |
The context of pig production; Planning a pig enterprise; The choice of a beed; Breeding and selection; Housing; Nutrition: principles and application; Feeds and their attributes; Pig husbandry; Meat production and carcass quality; Economics and marketing; Maintaining a healthy herd; Future trends in pig production.
| Author | : H. M. Rikard-Bell |
| Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 143 |
| Release | : 2012-10-19 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1447493060 |
This book contains a classic guide to pig farming that presents the reader with all the fundamental information they would need to know abut keeping and breeding pigs for pleasure or profit. It covers every aspect of the subject from stock selection to common ailments and how they can be avoided, making it ideal for novice breeders and owners alike. “The Handbook of Modern Pig Farming” is not to be missed by collectors of vintage agricultural literature. Contents include: “Type And Breed”, “Laying The Foundations Of The Herd”, “Systems Of Running”, “Breeding Sows”, “The Sow And Litter To Weaning”, “Housing”, “Feeding Stuffs”, “Elastic Rations”, “Feeding Home-Grown Produce”, “Hygiene”, 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 pig farming.
| Author | : Lee McCosker |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2016-03-22 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1326603612 |
This book is a easy to understand guide to pastured free range pig farming. It covers everything from breeds, breeding, growing, marketing, housing, fencing and managing the farm environment with the aim of giving anyone new to the industry a good insight into what to expect.
| Author | : Keith Thornton |
| Publisher | : Farming Press Limited |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Swine |
| ISBN | : |
