Advances in Pig Nutrition

Pig nutrition faces many challenges, including the need to meet the changing requirements of animals as they grow whilst minimising environmentally damaging nutrient losses. Additionally, with growing crops for feed seen as a significant contributor to climate change, there is an emerging consensus that the sector must seek alternative, more sustainable feed sources which have a reduced impact on the environment.

Advances in pig nutrition provides a comprehensive overview of the range of research addressing these challenges. The book addresses recent advances in understanding feed intake and feed formulation, focussing on advances in understanding pig nutritional requirements and ensuring feed safety. This collection also reviews the role of feed additives in optimising pig nutrition, including amino acids, probiotics and prebiotics, as well as alternative growth promoters and exogenous enzymes.

Through its considered approach, the book showcases how an informed understanding of pig digestive physiology can contribute to improved pig nutrition.

Edited by a leading expert in the field, Advances in pig nutrition will be a standard reference for university and other researchers in swine and veterinary science, animal nutritionists, feed manufacturers, advisors consulting swine farmers on aspects of health and nutrition, as well as government and private sector agencies supporting global pig production.

Dr Julian Wiseman is Emeritus Professor of Animal Production at the University of Nottingham, UK. He has published widely in the area of non-ruminant nutrition and product quality, has presented papers at some of the leading international conferences in this area and has written or edited a number of books on animal nutrition. He was co-organiser of the annual Nottingham Feed Conference. Professor Wiseman is editor of two earlier Burleigh Dodds Science volumes: Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2 Animal breeding and nutrition and Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3: Animal health and welfare (both published in 2017).