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…comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of the nutrition of pigs at all stages of growth and production…This book is equally suitable as an advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook as well as a reference tome for professionals working in the swine industry.
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…comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of the nutrition of pigs at all stages of growth and production…This book is equally suitable as an advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook as well as a reference tome for professionals working in the swine industry.
--Feedstuffs
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With 42 chapters authored by leading international experts, Swine Nutrition: Second Edition is a comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of the nutrition of pigs. It is equally suitable as an advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook as well as a reference for anyone working in any aspect of pig production.The book begins with a general coverage of the characteristics of swine and the swine industry with emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract. It then describes the various classes of nutrients and how these nutrients are metabolized by swine and the factors affecting their utilization. The next section covers the practical aspects of swine nutrition from birth through gestation and lactation in sows and to the feeding of adult boars. The nutritional aspects of the various feedstuffs commonly fed to swine are covered in the following section. The final chapters of the book are devoted to coverage of various techniques used in swine nutrition research.
…comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of the nutrition of pigs at all stages of growth and production…This book is equally suitable as an advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook as well as a reference tome for professionals working in the swine industry.
--Feedstuffs
…comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of the nutrition of pigs at all stages of growth and production…This book is equally suitable as an advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook as well as a reference tome for professionals working in the swine industry.
--Feedstuffs
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With 42 chapters authored by leading international experts, Swine Nutrition: Second Edition is a comprehensive reference that covers all aspects of the nutrition of pigs. It is equally suitable as an advanced undergraduate and graduate textbook as well as a reference for anyone working in any aspect of pig production.The book begins with a general coverage of the characteristics of swine and the swine industry with emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract. It then describes the various classes of nutrients and how these nutrients are metabolized by swine and the factors affecting their utilization. The next section covers the practical aspects of swine nutrition from birth through gestation and lactation in sows and to the feeding of adult boars. The nutritional aspects of the various feedstuffs commonly fed to swine are covered in the following section. The final chapters of the book are devoted to coverage of various techniques used in swine nutrition research.
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body protein deposition, miscellaneous feedstuffs, swine nutrition, lean growth rate, weanling pig diets, body lipid deposition, promicrobial agents, feeding gilts, apparent ilea, test feedstuff, feeding neonatal pigs, homoarginine method, ideal protein concept, intake recording system, reproducing swine, sow reproduction, sow reproductive performance, sows during gestation, chemical body composition, ileal amino acid digestibility, ileal digesta, ileal lysine digestibilities, porcine digestive system, pork carcass composition, dietary energy concentration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Second Edition, New York, National Academy Press, United States, Feed Sci, National Research Council, Academic Press, Boca Raton, Food Agric, Plenum Press, Des Moines, Marcel Dekker, Wageningen Pers, Acta Vet, Cornell University Press, University of Illinois, Determination of Status, Food Chem, National Pork Producers Council, North Carolina, Pig News Info, University of Nebraska, Pork Industry Handbook, Acta Agric, Australasian Pig Science Association New!
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The time and place of the domestication of the pig is lost in history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
body protein deposition, miscellaneous feedstuffs, swine nutrition, lean growth rate, weanling pig diets, body lipid deposition, promicrobial agents, feeding gilts, apparent ilea, test feedstuff, feeding neonatal pigs, homoarginine method, ideal protein concept, intake recording system, reproducing swine, sow reproduction, sow reproductive performance, sows during gestation, chemical body composition, ileal amino acid digestibility, ileal digesta, ileal lysine digestibilities, porcine digestive system, pork carcass composition, dietary energy concentration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Second Edition, New York, National Academy Press, United States, Feed Sci, National Research Council, Academic Press, Boca Raton, Food Agric, Plenum Press, Des Moines, Marcel Dekker, Wageningen Pers, Acta Vet, Cornell University Press, University of Illinois, Determination of Status, Food Chem, National Pork Producers Council, North Carolina, Pig News Info, University of Nebraska, Pork Industry Handbook, Acta Agric, Australasian Pig Science Association New!
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