Pig Production: the basics: AgGuide - A Practical Handbook

This book will be a help to anyone interested in keeping pigs for personal enjoyment through to starting out in commercial farming.

·       Starting in pigs

·       Pig breeds and breed standards

·       Siting the piggery

·       Indoor or outdoor piggery

·       Provide fencing for pigs

·       Provide water for pigs

·       Pig nutrition - a diet fit for a pig

·       Rule 1: Provide more than just pasture

·       Rule 2: Process cereal grains

·       Rule 3: One diet does not suit all

·       Rule 4: Formulate diets to suit the need

·       Rule 5: Cool water is available at all times

·       Rule 6: Do not feed 'prohibited pig feed' (swill) to pigs

·       Rule 7: Check for hazardous substances in feed and beware

·       Manage manure and effluent

·       Marketing your pigs

·       Pig health

·       Parasites

·       Reproduction failure

·       Diarrhoea

·       Respiratory disease

·       Nervous behaviour

·       Salt poisoning

·       Leg and movement problems

·       Skin diseases

·       Vertebrate pests

·       Rodent control for outdoor piggeries

·       Case study: The accidental pig farmer

·       Case study: Bred free range

·       Case study: Indoor farrow to finish piggery