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Part 2 Animal nutrition
Chapter 02 Advances and constraints in conventional breeding of pigs
2 Historical overview
3 New approaches to genetic improvement:
feed efficiency and disease resistance
4 New approaches to genetic improvement: reproduction, longevity and behaviour
6 Where to look for further information
Chapter 03 The use of molecular genetic information in genetic improvement programmes for pigs
2 The black box of quantitative genetics for phenotype-based breeding programmes
3 The principle of using molecular information for genetic improvement
4 The use of molecular information in selection: genetic tests
5 Phenotyping and genotyping requirements for genomic selection (GS) or marker-assisted selection (MAS)
6 Other benefits of molecular information for swine breeding programmes
8 Future prospects and challenges
9 Where to look for further information
Chapter 04 Factors affecting the reproductive efficiency of pigs
2 Gilt development, reproductive efficiency
and litter size
3 Weaning to oestrus interval
4 Managing reproductive functions and fertilization
5 The impact of dry sow housing systems
6 Seasonal infertility in sow
7 Stockmanship and managing disease
9 Where to look for further information
Chapter 30 Factors affecting the reproductive efficiency of boars
2 Monitoring pig fertility
3 Considerations when producing AI doses
4 Tools for AI laboratories: semen quality assessment
Chapter 06 Genetic factors affecting feed efficiency, feeding behaviour and related traits in pigs
2 Measures of feed efficiency
3 Residual feed intake
4 Genetics of residual feed intake (RFI) in pigs
5 Genome wide association studies (GWAS) of feed efficiency in pigs
6 Component traits of residual feed intake and genetic architecture
7 Selection for feed efficiency
8 Genetic architecture of feeding behaviour traits
9 Genomics of feeding behaviour
10 Towards integrative systems genomics of feed efficiency
11 Conclusion and future trends
12 Where to look for further information
13 Acknowledgements
Chapter 05 Advances in understanding pig nutritional requirements and metabolism
2 Maintaining sow body condition through
gestation and lactation
3 Reducing variation in pig production systems
4 Strategic use of metabolic modifiers
5 Matching nutrient requirements
to diet specifications
6 Optimising utilisation of co-products
7 Optimising gut health and nutrient
utilisation capacity
8 Understanding nutrition and health interactions
9 Future trends and conclusion
10 Where to look for further information
Chapter 07 Meeting energy requirements in pig nutrition
2 Pig energy requirements: importance and challenges
3 Energy metabolism
4 Energy systems: overview, gross energy and digestible energy (DE)
5 Energy systems: further options
6 Evaluating energy sources, determining energy requirements and improving energy availability
Chapter 08 Meeting amino acid requirements in pig nutrition
6 Growing and finishing pigs
8 Where to look for further information
Chapter 09 Recent advances in understanding
the role of vitamins in pig nutrition
2 Supply of vitamins to pigs
3 Growth performance, antioxidative pressure and immunological competence
4 Vitamins and antioxidation capacity:
new perspectives
5 Conclusion and future trends
6 Where to look for further information
Chapter 10 Modelling nutrient requirements for
pigs to optimize feed efficiency
2 Modelling pig nutrient requirements
3 Population, variability and feed requirement modelling
4 Towards precision feeding
6 Conclusion and future trends
7 Where to look for further information
Chapter 11 The use of exogenous enzymes to improve feed efficiency in pigs
3 Consistency of response and recent developments
6 Lipolytic enzymes
7 Assays and comparisons
9 Where to look for further information
Chapter 12 The use of growth promoters
in pig nutrition
2 Beta-adrenergic agonists
4 Effects of combining ractopamine and reporcin
5 Global food security and the future
use of growth promoters
6 Where to look for further information
Chapter 28 Use of probiotics and prebiotics in pig nutrition in the post-weaning period
2 Microbiota and their importance to the pig
6 Case study: using probiotics to modulate production around parturition
7 Future trends and conclusion
8 Where to look for further information
9 References
Chapter 31 Meeting individual nutrient requirements to improve nutrient efficiency and the sustainability of growing pig production systems
2 Sources of nutrient inefficiency
3 Current methods of estimating nutrient requirements
4 Real-time estimation of individual pig nutrient requirements
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