Pig Keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management

W. D. Peck

• Publisher: Hesperides Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781406797596, 9781443736299
• eBook ISBN: 9781528761338
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Agricultural Public Policy
• Index: Technology & Engineering

This book is a complete guide to all aspects of pig keeping. Full of practical advice, instruction, and useful diagrams and photos, it focuses mainly on the three most important aspects of pig keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management. Contents Include : Policies in Perspective Choosing the System Housing Pig Keeping Equipment Feeding in Theory Feeding In Practice Feeding A Matter of Choice Breeding Better Pigs Management Breeding Stock Management Farrowing Management Rearing Management Fattening Health and Disease Copper or Gold? Grading Standards for Bacon Pigs Price Conversion Table Chemical Analyses of Feeding Stuffs Standard Rations for Home Mixing Useful Addresses Notifiable Diseases of Pigs Pork, Bacon or Heavy Hog? Standards of Performance for Breeding and Fattening Pigs References

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. Policies in Perspective
• 2. Choosing the System
• 3. Housing
• 4. Pig Keeping Equipment
• 5. Feeding I—In Theory
• 6. Feeding II—In Practice
• 7. Feeding III—A Matter of Choice
• 8. Breeding Better Pigs
• 9. Management—Breeding Stock
• 10. Management—Farrowing
• 11. Management—Rearing
• 12. Management—Fattening
• 13. Health and Disease
• 14. Copper or Gold?
• Appendix I. Grading Standards for Bacon Pigs
• Appendix II. Price Conversion Table
• Appendix III. Chemical Analyses of Feeding Stuffs
• Appendix IV. Standard Rations for Home Mixing
• Appendix V. Useful Addresses
• Appendix VI. Notifiable Diseases of Pigs
• Appendix VII. Pork, Bacon or Heavy Hog?
• Appendix VIII. Standards of Performance for Breeding and Fattening Pigs
• References
• Index