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Pigs: A Guide to Management
Neville Beynon
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Description for Pigs: A Guide to Management
Paperback. Provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping: how pigs have developed, the influence of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 colour photographs. BIC Classification: TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
Pigs - A guide to Management - Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping: how pigs have developed, the influence of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination in both modern commercial production and maintaining our rare breeds. The welfare, care and managemet of the pig through to its sale as a finished pig, along with that of the breeding sow, gilt, boar, is a central theme.
Pigs - A guide to Management - Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping: how pigs have developed, the influence of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination in both modern commercial production and maintaining our rare breeds. The welfare, care and managemet of the pig through to its sale as a finished pig, along with that of the breeding sow, gilt, boar, is a central theme.
Product Details
Publisher
Crowood Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847977526
SKU
V9781847977526
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-5
About Neville Beynon
Neville Beynon grew up on a farm before attending agricultural college. He has worked both in commercial pig farming and as a lecturer at Sparsholt College. Hampshire and at the Berkshire College of Agriculture. He has worked as a freelance consultant since 1996 and has been a member of the Pig Industry Professional Register since its inception. ... Read more
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