Equally important are the econometrics (cost-effectiveness) of the advice given - the author is a pioneer in this field. Aimed at owners, managers and stock people as well as students, veterinarians and commercial advisors, it is written in an easy, no-nonsense style.
The book contains a lifetime's experience of tackling problems in over 4,000 pig farms in 23 countries from one of the world's most travelled pig consultants.
- Litter size
- Birthweights
- The post-weaning check to growth
- Empty days
- Culling strategy
- Prolapse
- Choosing a gilt
- Seasonal infertility
- New terminology
- Common problems with records
- Risk management
- Another string to your bow?
- Franchising
- Mostly about people
- Partnerships
- Dealing with a cash crisis
- Growth rate
- Food conversion
- Stocking density
- Problems with hot weather
- Wrong mucking/pen fouling
- Pig mixing
- Tailbiting
- Legs and lameness
- Mycotoxins
- Immunity
- Stress and stressors
- Biosecurity
- Liquid feeding
- Fermented liquid feeding (FLF)
- Problems with ventilation
- Glossary
- Further reading
- Index