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Pig Keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management W D Peck
Pig Keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management
W D Peck
Publisher Marketing: 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
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 4, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9781443736299 |
| Publishers | Hesperides Press |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 19 mm · 471 g |
| Language | English |
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