Pigs - A Guide to Management - Second Edition

Provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping: how pigs have developed, the influence of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination.

About the author

Neville Beynon grew up on a farm before attending agricultural college. He has worked both in commercial pig farming and as a lecturer at Sparsholt College. Hampshire and at the Berkshire College of Agriculture. He has worked as a freelance consultant since 1996 and has been a member of the Pig Industry Professional Register since its inception. A Fellowship of the Royal Agricultural Societies was awarded in 1992, in recognition of outstanding service to and achievement within the agricultural industry.

Product details

• Authors: Neville Beynon, Beynon Neville
• Publisher: Crowood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2014
• EAN: 9781847977526
• ISBN: 978-1-84797-752-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Animal Husbandry