# Pig Keeping - Housing, Feeding and General Management, Vol. 1

By **Wd Peck**

- ISBN-13: 9781443736299
- Publisher: Read Books
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 256
- Published: 4 Nov 2008
- Language: en
- Categories: Agriculture, Technology & Engineering, Animal Husbandry

## About this book

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

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