Whittemore's science and practice of pig production / Science and practice of pig production [edited by] Ilias Kyriazakis, Colin T. Whittemore. - 3rd ed. - Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006. - xvi, 685 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Science and practice of pig production / Colin T. Whittemore. 2nd. ed. 1998. Includes index.

Pig meat and carcass quality / Jeff Wood and Colin Whittemore -- Growth and body composition changes in pigs / Colin Whittemore and Ilias Kyriazakis -- Reproduction / Cheryl Ashworth -- Pig behaviour and welfare / Colin Whittemore -- Development and improvement of pigs by genetic selection / Colin Whittemore -- The maintenance of health / John Carr -- Energy value of feedstuffs for pigs / Colin Whittemore -- Nutritional value of proteins and amino acids in feedstuffs for pigs / Cornelis de Lange and Colin Whittemore -- Value of fats and oils in pig diets / Julian Wiseman -- Energy and protein requirements for maintenance, growth and reproduction / Colin Whittemore -- Requirements for water, minerals and vitamins / Colin Whittemore -- Appetite and voluntary feed intake / Ilias Kyriazakis and Colin Whittemore -- Diet formulation / Mick Hazzeldine and Colin Whittemore -- Optimisation of feed supply to growing pigs and breeding sows / Colin Whittemore -- Product marketing / Jaume Coma -- Environmental management of pigs / Christopher Wathes and Colin Whittemore -- Production performance monitoring / Colin Whittemore -- Simulation modelling / Darren Green, Ian Wellcock and Colin Whittemore.

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