Rev. ed. of: Science and practice of pig production / Colin T. Whitt emore. 2nd. ed. 1998.

Includes index.

Pig meat and carcass quality / Jeff Wood and Colin Whittemore -- Gro wth and body composition changes in pigs / Colin Whittemore and Ilias K yriazakis -- Reproduction / Cheryl Ashworth -- Pig behaviour and welfar e / Colin Whittemore -- Development and improvement of pigs by genetic selection / Colin Whittemore -- The maintenance of health / John Carr - - Energy value of feedstuffs for pigs / Colin Whittemore -- Nutritional value of proteins and amino acids in feedstuffs for pigs / Cornelis de Lange and Colin Whittemore -- Value of fats and oils in pig diets / Ju lian Wiseman -- Energy and protein requirements for maintenance, growth and reproduction / Colin Whittemore -- Requirements for water, mineral s and vitamins / Colin Whittemore -- Appetite and voluntary feed intake / Ilias Kyriazakis and Colin Whittemore -- Diet formulation / Mick Haz zeldine and Colin Whittemore -- Optimisation of feed supply to growing pigs and breeding sows / Colin Whittemore -- Product marketing / Jaume Coma -- Environmental management of pigs / Christopher Wathes and Colin Whittemore -- Production performance monitoring / Colin Whittemore -- Simulation modelling / Darren Green, Ian Wellcock and Colin Whittemore.