Pig Genetics Research - Boar Taint & Avoiding Castration: Download

Sow Productivity Performance Analysis - Fertility Data for UK Breeding Herds: Download
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Fetal Pig Dissection: A Laboratory Guide

This guide manual for veterinary training, agricultural college courses and school biology teaching directs students through a series of practical swine embryology studies. Full-color photo images and diagrams. CONTENTS: Dissection 1: Skeletal Muscles, Dissection 2: Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexuses and Major Nerves, Dissection 3: Endocrine Organs, Dissection 4: Blood Vessels, Dissection 5: Lymphatic System, Dissection 6: Respiratory System, Dissection 7: Digestive System, Dissection 8: Urinary and Reproductive Systems. New or Used Copies: United Kingdom   Canada   USA (all deliver worldwide)

FREE FACTSHEET: Artificial Insemination in Pigs - AI Production Efficiency Benefits:
Semen Shelf-life, Technique, Timing: download

Pig Fetus 6 wks Stage with Skeleton Demonstrated
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FREE INFORMATION LEAFLET on AUTUMN INFERTILITY : download [NADIS]
Each year some pork producers suffer a drop in sow fertility levels in later summer/early autumn
Not related to infectious disease or husbandry factors. This is termed "autumn" [fall] or "seasonal" infertility.

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Pig Breeding & Genetics in Relation to Welfare Welfare of Pigs from Birth to Slaughter

A reference manual that covers all aspects of pig production, on the basis of scientific research results. This work contains current, easy-to-understand scientific reviews on animal welfare with over 700 specific references to animal welfare. All aspects of animal welfare with respect to pigs are discussed, from genetic selection and breeding to transportation and slaughter. Written by a panel of international scientific and practical industry experts renowned for their knowledge and work in the area of pig production and welfare. Swine Breeding & Genetics Topics: Welfare of pregnant & lactating sows; Vigour, Viability & Health; Welfare of growing & finishing pigs; Welfare recently weaned & nursery swine; The Grow-Finish period; Housing & environmental effects on welfare & meat quality of the Grower-Finisher pig; Breeding pigs for improved welfare; Genetics and animal breeding; Pig breeding today; Direct influence of breeding procedures on welfare; Heterosis improves piglet vitality; Selection for increased litter size requires selection for piglet survival; Maternal behaviour & fear; Sow’s ability to produce milk and to use body reserves; Relation between growth, leanness, feed conversion & welfare; Leg weakness and longevity; Selection against or for extreme stress sensitivity?; Selection for improved resistance to micro-organisms; Breeding instead of castration?; Selection against ‘bad behaviour’; Selection for decreased environmental sensitivity; Data needed to improve welfare by breeding. TABLE OF CONTENTS   Amazon Order pages: United Kingdom   Canada   USA (all deliver worldwide)

European Association for Animal Production - Published by Wageningen Breeding, Production Recording, Health & Evaluation of Farm Animals (Cattle & Sheep)

NOTE: Pigs not included   Focus of this book is domestic farm livestock recording, aimed at improving the management of herds and flocks and increasing their productivity. New strategies for recording are illustrated and the most updated technologies are presented, on the basis of national experiences where such technologies are already adopted. Cattle are the prominent species, two parts are dedicated to small ruminants recording and to buffalo recording. Future challenges and opportunities for further development of ICAR and the definition of the future scenarios in the animal recording sector are also described. A special section is dedicated to "Improving the health traits by recording and evaluation", where the past and future of animal recording and the use of animal recording data for genetic evaluation and breeding are defined. Another section deals with the "ICAR Reference Laboratory Network", where the reference systems, the principles and the practices for calibration system for routine milk testing are presented. Includes EU national statistics data on the "Yearly enquiry on the situation of milk recording in member countries". Describes methodologies used at national level for milk recording, national data for milk production, the costs of recording and the productivity and numbers of recorded cattle at national level (divided by species and by herdbook).   TABLE OF CONTENTS Amazon order pages: Order pages:   USA   Canada   UK & Europe (all deliver worldwide)

Boar Penis - Porcine Anatomy Demonstration
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Biotechnology Applications in Animal Health & Production Paperback 456 pages ISBN 9290446579 The World Organisation for Animal Health - OIE - Office International des Epizooties Applications of biotechnology in animal health and production: reproduction, increased disease resistance, nano-based diagnostic and "smart" treatment delivery systems, increasingly improved vaccines and refined diagnostic techniques. This Review also identifies national, regional and international policies, institutions and regulatory frameworks and discusses the role of international standard-setting bodies. Contents: Key considerations in the application of biotechnology Genetics then and now: breeding the best and biotechnology framework for animal health risk analysis of biotechnology-derived animals safety assessment of foods from transgenic & cloned animals using comparative approach Assessing ethics & animal welfare in animal biotechnology for farm production Biotechnology, animal health & animal welfare within the framework of European Union legislation EU Regulations governing veterinary medicinal products containing genetically modified organisms Regulatory considerations in development & application of biotechnology in Japan Regulatory considerations for biotechnology-derived animals in Canada Animal biotechnology: applications & economic implications in developing countries Risk communication related to animal products derived from biotechnology Public perceptions of transgenic animals Animal health: biologics/biopharmaceutics Novel vaccines from biotechnology Expression of foot-and-mouth disease virus antigens in transgenic plants Plant-based vaccines for animal health DNA vaccines for aquacultured fish New vaccines & new veterinary therapies derived from biotechnologies: applications Traceability of biotech-derived animals: application of DNA technology Diagnostic tools for animal diseases Research and public health Animal cloning: problems and prospects Confinement and consumption of cloned & transgenic animals Disease-resistant genetically modified animals Transgenic farm animals: present & future Developments in transgenic fish in China Current scientific understanding of the environmental biosafety of transgenic fish and shellfish ootential hazards of xenotransplantation: Overview ethics debate in relation to xenotransplantation Use of molecular markers to enhance resistance of livestock to disease Functional genomics: tools for improving farm animal health and welfare Use of marker-assisted selection in animal breeding and biotechnology Assisted reproductive technologies in cattle: review Embryo technology: implications for fertility in cattle Cellular & molecular mechanisms regulating oocyte quality & the relevance for farm animal reproductive efficiency Nanotechnology and animal health World-wide Ordering page: Amazon UK