Sustainable Swine Nutrition, Second Edition

Sustainable Swine Nutrition is a comprehensive book on swine nutrition that covers digestive physiology, water, protein, lipids, carbohydrates, energy metabolism, vitamins, minerals, and nutrition and immunology. It emphasizes recent developments and current advances in the field, with a focus on energy and nutrients, and provides environmentally friendly, optimal feeding strategies for successful and sustainable swine production. It is an ideal resource for livestock scientists and industry professionals involved in all aspects of pork production.

Format: Hardback
Length: 752 pages
Publication date: 08 December 2022
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

As climate change continues to exert a profound impact on the modern world, it becomes increasingly crucial to explore alternative energy and nutrient sources for swine production. The development of optimal feeding strategies revolves around a myriad of factors, including genetic variations in pigs, variability in feed ingredients, availability, and stability of nutrients, interactions among nutrients and non-nutritive factors, voluntary feed intake, physical (and social) environment of pigs, and numerous other considerations.

Establishing the ideal network of factors will undoubtedly gain significance as humans assess the methods for our own food networks.

Sustainable Swine Nutrition is a comprehensive textbook on swine nutrition, encompassing various fundamental aspects of nutrition, such as digestive physiology, water, protein or amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, energy metabolism, vitamins, minerals, and nutrition and immunology. Providing the most up-to-date information on each of these areas, a significant emphasis of this second edition is on recent developments and current advances in the field, with a particular focus on pertinent issues related to energy and nutrients. By doing so, the book highlights topics and issues that can contribute to the ultimate goal of successful and sustainable swine production.

Furthermore, readers of Sustainable Swine Nutrition will find valuable insights into environmentally friendly, optimal feeding strategies for achieving successful and sustainable swine production. Recent developments, including alternative feedstuffs, feed additives, and bioavailability, are extensively covered, offering a comprehensive understanding of the latest advancements in the industry.

Expanded treatment and new chapters on swine physiology, energy and protein, technology, and other relevant topics further enhance the book's utility as a valuable resource for livestock scientists and industry professionals engaged in all aspects of pork production.

In conclusion, Sustainable Swine Nutrition, Second Edition, serves as an indispensable guide for livestock scientists and industry professionals seeking to optimize swine nutrition and production. With its comprehensive coverage of essential topics, recent developments, and practical insights, this textbook is a valuable resource for anyone involved in the livestock industry.

Weight: 1518g
Dimension: 177 x 252 x 44 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119583899