Feed efficiency in swine /

Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wageningen : Wageningen Academic, 2012.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Herd management factors that influence whole herd feed efficiency
  • 2. Feeding and barn management sytayegies that maximize feed efficiency
  • 3. Liquid feeding corn-based diets to growing pigs: practical considerations and use of co-products
  • 4. Amino acid nutrition and feed efficiency
  • 5. The influence of dietary energy on feed efficiency in grow-finish swine
  • 6. Feed processing to maximize feed efficiency
  • 7. The genetic and biological basis of residual feed intake as a measure of feed efficiency
  • 8. Pig breeding for improved feed efficiency
  • 9. Effect of climate environment on feed efficiency in swine
  • 10. Fueling the immune response: what's the cost?
  • 11. Influence of health on feed efficiency
  • 12. Physiology of feed effiency in the pig: emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract and specific dietary examples
  • 13. Emerging technologies with the potential to improve feed efficiency in swine.