Swine Feeding and Nutrition

Front Cover......Page 1
Swine Feeding and Nutrition......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
I. FEEDING AND NUTRITION......Page 18
III. MULTIPLE FARROWING......Page 19
VI. SIZE OF PRODUCTION UNITS......Page 20
VIII. DISEASES AND PARASITES......Page 21
X. PROGRESS IN CARCASS QUALITY......Page 22
XI. EXCESS FAT IN SWINE......Page 26
XII. REPRODUCTION IN MEAT-TYPE ANIMALS......Page 27
XIII. COST OF PORK PRODUCTION WILL DECREASE......Page 28
XIV. SUMMARY......Page 29
II. NEED WELL-BALANCED DIETS......Page 30
III. PREVENTING SMALL PIG LOSSES......Page 31
IV. WHAT MAKES A GOOD DIET......Page 32
V. UNDERFEEDING AND OVERFEEDING......Page 34
VII. NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE PIG......Page 36
VIII. SUMMARY......Page 47
REFERENCES......Page 48
II. INCREASED PRODUCTION AND CONFINED CONDITIONS INCREASE MINERAL NEEDS......Page 50
IV. THE MINERAL CONTENT OF THE ANIMAL BODY......Page 51
V. ESSENTIAL MINERAL ELEMENTS AND THOSE APT TO BE DEFICIENT......Page 52
VI. CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS......Page 53
VII. SALT......Page 63
XV. POTASSIUM......Page 83
VIII. MINERAL SALTS VARY IN MINERAL ELEMENTS......Page 67
IX. IODINE......Page 68
X. IRON AND COPPER......Page 70
XI. COBALT......Page 76
XII. MANGANESE......Page 77
XIII. ZINC......Page 79
XIV. MAGNESIUM......Page 82
XVIII. SELENIUM......Page 84
XIX. FLUORINE......Page 86
REFERENCES......Page 88
II. LIST OF VITAMINS......Page 92
III. WHAT IS KNOWN AND NOT KNOWN......Page 93
VI. NATURAL VERSUS PURIFIED DIETS......Page 94
VII. VITAMIN NEEDS BECOMING MORE CRITICAL......Page 95
IX. UNIDENTIFIED FACTORS......Page 97
XI. THIAMIN
......Page 98
XII. RIBOFLAVIN......Page 100
XIII. NIACIN......Page 104
XIV. PANTOTHENIC ACID......Page 106
XV. VITAMIN B6......Page 111
XVI. CHOLINE......Page 113
XVII. BIOTIN......Page 118
XVIII. myo-INOSITOL......Page 125
XIX. p-AMINOBENZOIC ACID (PABA)......Page 126
XX. FOLACIN......Page 127
XXI. VITAMIN B12......Page 129
XXII. VITAMIN C......Page 131
XXIII. VITAMIN A......Page 134
XXIV. VITAMIN D......Page 139
XXV. VITAMIN Κ......Page 142
XXVI. VITAMIN Ε......Page 144
REFERENCES......Page 150
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 156
II. ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS......Page 158
III. QUALITY OF PROTEIN......Page 159
IV. TIME FACTOR IN PROTEIN FEEDING......Page 160
VII. EFFECT OF AMINO ACID DEFICIENCIES......Page 161
IX. BALANCE OF AMINO ACIDS......Page 169
X. PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE PIG......Page 170
XII. PROTEIN LEVEL AND REPRODUCTION......Page 172
XIV. PROTEIN LEVEL AND CARCASS COMPOSITION......Page 173
XVI. GENERAL INFORMATION......Page 175
REFERENCES......Page 176
II. CARBOHYDRATE USE BY THE PIG......Page 178
III. FIBER UTILIZATION BY THE PIG......Page 181
IV. FIBER LEVELS FOR GROWING-FINISHING PIGS......Page 182
V. FIBER LEVELS FOR SOWS......Page 185
REFERENCES......Page 186
I. NEED FOR FAT AND FATTY ACIDS......Page 188
II. ADDING FAT TO DIET......Page 190
III. DECREASING EXCESS FAT IN CARCASS......Page 192
IV. DO NOT SACRIFICE CARCASS QUALITY AND REPRODUCTION......Page 194
V. UNSATURATED FAT IN PORK......Page 195
VI. LIMITING ENERGY INTAKE......Page 196
REFERENCES......Page 198
II. WATER REQUIREMENTS......Page 200
III. TOLERANCE LEVEL OF MINERAL SALTS IN WATER......Page 201
IV. NITRATES AND NITRITES IN WATER......Page 204
VI. EFFECT OF SOURCE OF WATER......Page 205
REFERENCES......Page 206
II. RATIONALE FOR CONTINUED ANTIBIOTIC USE......Page 208
III. VALUE OF ANTIBIOTIC USAGE......Page 210
IV. ANTIBIOTICS CONTINUE TO BENEFIT SWINE......Page 212
V. RECOMMENDATIONS ON ANTIBIOTIC USE......Page 213
VI. INTRODUCTION TO OTHER ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS......Page 214
VII. ARSENICALS......Page 215
X. COPPER AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL......Page 216
REFERENCES......Page 217
II. ENZYME LIMITATIONS SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH......Page 220
III. CARBOHYDRATE UTILIZATION......Page 221
VI. ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION OF DIETS......Page 222
REFERENCES......Page 223
II. DEFICIENCIES IN GRAINS OR ENERGY FEEDS......Page 224
III. RELATIVE VALUE OF GRAIN FEEDS......Page 225
V. RELATIVE VALUE OF PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS......Page 238
VI. OTHER FEEDS......Page 252
REFERENCES......Page 267
II. SOW'S DIET AFFECTS PIG'S GROWTH......Page 272
III. EARLY WEANING OF PIGS......Page 273
IV. HOW EARLY SHOULD PIGS BE WEANED?......Page 274
V. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EARLY WEANING......Page 276
VI. PRESTARTER FEEDS......Page 277
VII. STARTER DIETS......Page 279
VIII. INCREASING STARTER DIET ΡALATABILITY......Page 283
IX. LEVELS OF NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION TO USE......Page 286
REFERENCES......Page 287
II. GROWER DIETS......Page 290
III. FEEDING PIGS FROM 75 POUNDS TO MARKET WEIGHT......Page 291
IV. DIETS FOR PIGS FROM 75 TO 125 POUNDS......Page 297
V. DIETS FOR PIGS FROM 125 POUNDS TO MARKET WEIGHT......Page 298
VI. FEEDING HERD REPLACEMENT ANIMALS DURING GROWTH......Page 302
REFERENCES......Page 308
II. FEEDING PROSPECTIVE BREEDING ANIMALS......Page 310
IV. LEVEL OF FEED DURING GESTATION......Page 311
V. GAIN DURING GESTATION......Page 312
VI. FEEDING BEFORE AND AFTER FARROWING......Page 313
VII. FEEDING DURING LACTATION......Page 314
VIII. METHOD OF FEEDING......Page 315
IX. DIETS TO USE DURING GESTATION......Page 316
X. DIETS TO USE DURING LACTATION......Page 318
XI. FEEDING VALUE OF SILAGE FOR SOWS......Page 322
XII. PROBLEMS IN FEEDING SOWS IN CONFINEMENT......Page 330
REFERENCES......Page 335
I. SOW AND LITTER......Page 336
II. GROWING-FINISHING SWINE......Page 338
III. GROWING AND FINISHING IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT......Page 339
IV. SWINE BREEDING AND GESTATION......Page 344
Index......Page 346