Nutritional approaches to arresting the decline in fertility of pigs and poultry
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| Publisher: | Wageningen Academic Publishers |
| Subject: | Poultry--Fertility, Swine--Nutrition, Poultry--Nutrition, Swine--Productivity, Poultry--Productivity |
| Authors: | J.A. Taylor-Pickard , L. Nollet |
| Pages: | 196 pages |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 9789076998886 |
| Call No: | SF 396.9 N976 2006 |
The fundamental aim being to re-examine the current trends in productivity in the pig and poultry industries, and to identify nutritional means to improve fertility. It considers the effects of essential nutrients in optimising productivity, and discusses innovative applications of nutrition that will help to enhance fertility. The success of such innovations within entrepreneurial integrated systems is also covered, together with the importance of producing a quality chick and piglet at birth/hatching. Finally, the role of management and the need for least cost production is discussed. Nutritional Approaches to Arresting the decline in Fertility of Pigs and Poultry is aimed at nutritionists and animal producers as well as students and researchers studying animal and applied biological sciences.