This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on optimising pig nutrition.The first chapter considers advances in nutritional requirements and metabolism and how these contribute to the sustainable production of pig meat, including the need to maintain sow body condition throughout gestation and lactation and ways of reducing variation in pork production systems.The second chapter discusses the essential contribution of balanced energy and protein lev...

Summarises the wealth of research on optimising pig herd health for increased protection against major diseases, including ASF and PRRSReviews recent advances in understanding gut function and immunity in pigs, including the development of nutritional strategies to boost immune function and resistance to diseaseExplores key challenges facing pig production, including breeding disease resistant pigs with a narrowing genetic base and the development of fungicide res...