| Another key book in this series that should be in your
library, personal and/or institutional. Have you ever wondered how those research
dollars contribute to the pig industry? Find some answers in the first Review on How
does science contribute to the pig industry? - a producer's perspective. How can you
alter the voluntary food intake of your pigs (positively or negatively)? Read the
second Review: Physiological control and manipulation of voluntary food
intake. Are your pigs stressed? How can you decrease this? Discover some
tips in the third Review: Developing management strategies to reduce stress in pigs:
A new approach utilising the biological cost of stress. The fourth Review is
on Physiology of the uterus and implantation. The five Symposia discuss:
Integrating technology, knowledge and farming; Stocking density and pig
performance; Pork quality - meeting consumers' needs; Improving the
utilization of amino acids by the pig; and, Outdoor pig production. This excellent
material is supported by 67 one-page Abstracts in the areas of Information Brokerage;
Voluntary Feed Intake; Stress and Welfare; Meat Quality; Growth
and Physiology; Nutrition, Growth and Genetics; Reproduction;
Health and Engineering; and, Lactation. This hardbound volume of 280 pages covers a
lot of useful information. |
