Intensive Livestock Farming

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages vii-ix, W.P.B.
FOREWORD, Page x, J.N. RITCHIE
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES, Pages xi-xxi
INTRODUCTION, Pages xxii-xxiii
Chapter 1 - SOME RELEVANT STATISTICS ON THE U.K. POPULATION AND TRENDS, Pages 3-7, J. WILSON
Chapter 2 - TRENDS IN CALF PRODUCTION, Pages 8-21, P.I. BICHAN
Chapter 3 - INTENSIVE SYSTEMS OF MILK PRODUCTION, Pages 22-43, J.P. WALSH
Chapter 4 - BEEF PRODUCTION, Pages 44-54, J. WILSON
Chapter 5 - A 2-YEAR STUDY IN OPERATING A LARGE-SCALE INTENSIVE BEEF FATTENING UNIT, Pages 55-63, I.R. STALBERG
Chapter 6 - ‘SHEEP HUSBANDRY’, Pages 64-86, A.B. HARKER
Chapter 7 - THE ONSET AND THE MODIFICATION OF THE BREEDING SEASON OF SHEEP, Pages 87-93, H.LL. WILLIAMS
Chapter 8 - A DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN SHEEP BREEDING, Pages 94-98, E.T. CANTLE
Chapter 9 - THE HUSBANDRY OF PIGS HOUSED INTENSIVELY, Pages 99-115, IAN MILLER
Chapter 10 - NUTRITION OF THE INTENSIVELY MANAGED PIG, Pages 116-135, D.G. FILMER
Chapter 11 - SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF IMPROVED PIG BREEDING METHODS, Pages 136-149, R.W. WIDDOWSON
Chapter 12 - THE STRUCTURE OF THE POULTRY INDUSTRY OF ENGLAND AND WALES, Pages 150-156, R. COLES
Chapter 13 - POULTRY COSTINGS, Pages 157-167, J.L. MILES
Chapter 14 - INTEGRATION AND AGRIBUSINESS, Pages 168-177, W.H. NAISH
Chapter 15 - HOUSING SYSTEMS AND CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS FOR POULTRY, Pages 178-206, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 16 - BATTERY CAGE EGG PRODUCTION, Pages 207-221, M.J. GAISFORD
Chapter 17 - POULTRY NUTRITION, FOODS AND FEEDING, Pages 222-259, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 18 - DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF POULTRY DISEASES, Pages 260-291, B.S. HANSON
Chapter 19 - POULTRY DISEASES AND OTHER PROBLEMS OF DOUBTFUL AETIOLOGY WHICH HAVE BEEN LINKED WITH NUTRITION, Pages 292-306, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 20 - A SELECTED SERIES OF POULTRY PRODUCTION PROBLEMS INVOLVING MANAGEMENT FACTORS, Pages 307-315, PETER MATTHEWS
Chapter 21 - RABBIT PRODUCTION, Pages 316-324, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 22 - MODERN FISH FARMING, Pages 325-336, W.E. PEARSON
Chapter 23 - STATISTICS—STOCK AND STOCKMEN Agricultural Statistics Related to Intensive Livestock Farming, Pages 339-358, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 24 - THE ECONOMICS OF INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, Pages 359-389, W.P. ROBERTS
Chapter 25 - THE COMMON MARKET—COMPUTERS—CONTRACTS—COSTINGS—COMPETITION, Pages 390-393, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 26 - THE IMPACT OF INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ON FOOD CHAIN ORGANISATIONS, Pages 394-400, W.M. JUSTICE
Chapter 27 - THE IMPACT OF BRITAIN'S ENTRY INTO THE COMMON MARKET ON INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, Pages 401-407, ANDREW W. ASHBY
Chapter 28 - THE ROLE OF THE COMPUTER, Pages 408-416, P. ROBERTS
Chapter 29 - RESEARCH IN RELATION TO INTENSIVE LIVESTOCK FARMING, Pages 417-433, D.H. SHRIMPTON
Chapter 30 - THE PHYSIOLOGY OF RUMINANT DIGESTION, Pages 434-447, K.J. HILL
Chapter 31 - INFLUENCE OF BACTERIA ON ABSORPTION FROM THE SMALL INTESTINE, Pages 448-462, R. KENWORTHY
Chapter 32 - HEALTH AND DISEASE PROBLEMS, Pages 463-485, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 33 - DISEASES OF INTENSIVELY HOUSED CATTLE, PIGS AND SHEEP, Pages 486-507, J.F. HARBOURNE
Chapter 34 - S.P.F. ANIMALS, Pages 508-513, A.O. BETTS
Chapter 35 - THE FUTURE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VETERINARY SURGEON AND THE LIVESTOCK FARMER, Pages 514-521, C.M. GOULD
Chapter 36 - FACTORY FARMING—ANIMAL MACHINES?, Pages 522-556, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 37 - PAIN PERCEPTION IN ANIMALS, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO POULTRY, Pages 557-568, S.A. RICHARDS
Chapter 38 - WORLD FOOD PROBLEMS, Pages 569-583, W.P. BLOUNT
Chapter 39 - FARMING IN 1976, Pages 584-587
INDEX, Pages 589-612