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Multi-Site Pig Production [Hardcover]

D. L. Harris (Author)
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0813826993 978-0813826998 April 14, 2000 1
Multi-site Pig Production is the first comprehensive description of the most profound changes that have occurred in swine production methodology in many years. Dr Harris is singularly qualified to write this book because he has played a pivotal role in the development of multi-site rearing techniques that are being applied throughout the world.

This book provides final definition for a variety of terms being used to describe swine production methods. A standardised nomenclature facilitates more accurate future interactions between participants in swine production systems that involve multiple sites, buildings, and rooms with different age groups and functions.


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This book is a necessity for those seriously interested in the economic future of the swine industry.

R.D.Glock, DVM, PhD, Director
University of Arizona Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory


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  • Hardcover: 217 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (April 14, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0813826993
  • ISBN-13: 978-0813826998
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,174,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Multi-Site Pig Production, May 15, 2000
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D.L. Harris has summarized the advantages and challenges associated with multi-site production in an easy to comprehend manner. This book will provide readers of the science of disease transfer, weaning ages required to utilize the system to lower cost, and provide targets that the industry needs to remain competitive in the future. Dr. Harris shows the "sytematic" approach to making multi-site production successful and includes all aspects of the "flow" that must be adapted to making the system work. Bits and pieces or partial application may ad some benefit but a complete follow through will provide optimum results.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Required reading, July 23, 2001
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Multi-site swine production volumes represent a sine qua non of 20th century animal husbandry achievement. Differentiating the techniqes applied to cattle or any other ungulates. Whilst at Cornell, I had the good fortune to hear Dr. Harris speak, and this book reflects both the intellect and the ability to convey information that one appreciates when attending a lecture. For me, the academic study of this topic is fulfilling on a number of levels, from the dry but necessary scientific research and publication, to the earthy warmth one feels in the pen, I share the attachment of Dr. Harris to this subject, and post-doc, intend to make it my life's work. Bravo Dr. Harris!
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Inside This Book (learn more)
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Multi-site pig production refers to the rearing of the various age groups of swine at different locations or farmsteads. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
isowean technology, finisher buildings, pig flow, recipient farm, acclimatization facilities, parent gilts, gilt development, recipient herd, multiplier farms, replacement gilts, alphanumeric notation, medicated early weaning, purebred boars, incubatory stages, replacement breeding stock, higher health status, finisher pigs, segregated early weaning, pig production systems, cull sows, isolated nursery, boar stud, porcine reproductive, nucleus farm, mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Isowean Principle, University of Minnesota, Leman Swine Conference, United States, Veterinary Outreach Programs, International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, American Association of Swine Practitioners, North Carolina, National Pork Producers Council, Diseases of Swine, Iowa State University Press, Veterinary Record, Minnesota Extension Service, Compare Figure, Depopulate Depopulate, Multiplier Three, Plomgaard Method, Tom Alexander, United Kingdom, Ken Woolley, Sand Livestock Systems, Barry Wiseman, Control Eradication Programs, Super Pollo, Tim Cumberland
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