Swine Nutrition

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.

List of contents

General Characteristics of Swine. Nutrient Utilization by Swine. Factors that Influence Swine Nutrition. Applied Feeding of Swine. Feedstuffs Included in Swine Diets. Techniques in Swine Nutrition Research.

About the author

Austin J. Lewis and L. Lee Southern

Summary

A reference that covers various aspects of the nutrition of pigs. It includes characteristics of swine and the swine industry with emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the different classes of nutrients, how these nutrients are metabolized by swine, and the factors affecting their utilization.

Additional text

"…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

Product details

• Authors: Austin J. Lewis, L. Lee Southern, Lincoln Lee Southern
• Assisted by: Austin J. Lewis (Editor), Lewis Austin J. (Editor), L. Lee Southern (Editor), L. Lee (Louisiana State University Southern (Editor), Southern L. Lee (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2000
• EAN: 9780849306969
• ISBN: 978-0-8493-0696-9
• No. of pages: 1030
• Weight: 2086 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, natural history, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Animal Physiology, Animal Husbandry, Zoology and animal sciences, Veterinary nutrition