This book offers a detailed overview of best practices to improve the welfare of growing and finishing pigs, focussing on elements of nutrition, behaviour, housing, transport and handling.

Contributions by: Arlene Garcia and John J. McGlone, Texas Tech University, USA; Jonathan Amory, Writtle University College, UK; and Nina Wainwright, British Pig Executive (BPEX), UK; Luigi Faucitano, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada; and Antonio Velarde, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, Spain; Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, Pig Development Department, Teagasc, The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland