Pork Industry Handbook
Table of Contents
March 2001
                                      Production Systems		Publication Date
Pork production systems with business analyses - the two litter pasture system (farrow-to-finish) .		PIH- 13 (REV)	7/98
Pork production systems with business analyses - 2 groups of sows farrow-to-fmish			6/95
Pork production systems with business analyses: low investment feeder pig production			12/94
Pork production systems with business analyses - feeding purchased pigs			12/76*
Strategic decisions and business plans for pork production operations			3/99
Pork production systems with business analyses - determining capital requirements			PIH- 49	2/78 *
Pork production systems with business analyses - 9 groups of 24 sows, farrow-to-fmish			PIH- 75 (REV)	2/96*
Pork production systems with business analyses - the high investment, high intensity system (continuous farrowing with 21 groups of sows, farrow-to-fmish)	 PIH- 83 (REV) 12/90*		
Financial leasing of capital assets in pork production			6/88
                                                Breeding and Genetics		
Genetic principles and their application			2/98
Selection guidelines for the seedstock producer			6/96 **
Selection guidelines for commercial producers			3/99
Guidelines for replacement females			8/99
Crossbreeding systems for commercial pork production			12/87 *
Swine genetic abnormalities			3/99
Selection for feet and leg soundness			6/85 *
                                                         Reproduction		
Management of the boar			12/93 *
Managing sows and gilts for efficient reproduction			6/95
Reproductive efficiency in managing the breeding herd			12/89 *
Estrus or heat detection			6/97
Development of gilts and boars for efficient reproduction			6/97 *
Troubleshooting swine reproductive failure			12/92 *
Semen collection, evaluation, and processing in the boar			2/98
Artificial insemination of sows and gilts			2/98
Pregnancy diagnosis in swine			8/00
                                                           Nutrition		
Swine diets			2/96*
Relative value of feedstuffs for swine			7/98
Principles of balancing swine diets			8/00
Dietary energy for swine 			2/00
Protein and amino acids for swine			6/97
Vitamins for swine			12/91 *
Minerals for swine			6/97 *
Feed additives for swine			6/94 *
Feed management to prevent drug residue problems in pork			6/96 *
High-moisture grains for swine			9/80 *
By-products in swine diets			PIH-108	6/87 *
Forages for swine			7/98
Mycotoxins and swine performance			6/92 **
On farm feed processing			12/76 *
Calibrating meter-type feed mills			3/84
Feed processing for swine			6/94*
Managing feed waste			1/01
                                                     Management		
Performance guidelines for the swine operation			1/91 *
Calculating swine schedules			7/98
Care of the sow during farrowing and lactation			9/86 *
Baby pig management - birth to weaning			PIH- 18	8/99
Management and nutrition of newly recieved sew and feeder pigs			PIH- 111 (REV)	8/00
Handling pigs			1/01
Controlling rats and mice in swine facilities			PIH-107 (REV)	1/97 *
A guide for fly control around swine facilities			PIH-121	6/89 **
Disposing of dead swine			PIH-133	6/95 *
Bird management at swine facilities			PIH-134	6/95
Recruiting, selecting, and hiring employees for swine farms			PIH- 88 (REV)	7/98
Managing market pigs in hoop structures 			PIH-138	8/99
Multi-site pork production			PIH-142	8/00
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*Fact sheet is in some phase of revision.
**Fact sheet was reviewed recently by the first author and is considered up-to-date.