About the Book: Swine Production and Health Management
This book on swine production, health and managementemphasizesthe swine rearing
in totality. The authors have addedexpertise toall areas of the book. Swine, if
reared under modernscientificmethods, may provide significant economic benefits
to itsowner.Management, housing, knowledge about its anatomy
andphysiology,breeding/ reproduction, nutrition/
feeding,health/disease,production, products, marketing and economics arethe
facets whichone needs to be well aware of to get optimumprofitable return
fromthis animal.
The authors have tried to cover pig as an individual unit aswellas an industry/
enterprise. Considering the importance ofswine inthe field of veterinary and
animal sciences, this book hasbeenwritten to provide a more academic, scientific
and fieldorientedapproach, thus making it suitable to