Australian Pig Science Association - This organisation aims to provide a forum for excellence in science related to all aspects of the pig industry. Gives information on membership, conferences, publications and awards. Basic Pig Husbandry: The Boar - Provides guidance on selecting boars, mating management, feed requirements, disease control programs, detusking and reluctance to work. Basic Pig Husbandry: Gilts and Sows - Provides guidance on selection and care of gilts and sows, the mating, gestation and pre-farrowing periods, farrowing, after-farrowing care and the lactation period. Primefacts: The Litter - Provides information on managing newborn piglets, fostering and artificial rearing, routine tasks and creep feeding. Primefacts: The Weaner - Discusses different types of weaning and their associated problems, and offers guidance on pre-weaning management, the weaning procedure and suitable weaning housing. Primefacts: The Grower Herd - Provides guidance on feeding growing pigs, diseases, grading and temperature control and the importance of weighing and managing the finishers. National Pig Improvement Program - Provides a service to the Australian pig industry by providing genetic evaluation services for participating purebred herds. Hog Production: Modern Methods of an Ancient Task - Provides a historical account of the domestication of pigs and video clips of modern commercial pig production from farrowing, through the nursery pens to the finishing barn. The Pig Journal - Produced by the UK Pig Veterinary Society, this twice yearly publication provides authoritative articles and information on pig production and health. Prairie Swine Centre - Conducts research on behalf of western Canadian pork producers. Specializing in the areas of nutrition, swine behaviour, engineering, and environment.