Modelling Growth in the Pig

By: M.I. Visser-Reyneveld (Editor)

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Hardcover | 24 April 1995

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This book is a compilation of lecture materials developed for an international post-graduate course on modelling of growth in the pig delivered at the International Training Centre (PHLO) at Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. The aim of this book is to provide a background to the development and use of pig growth models. Growth models which incorporate knowledge on how pigs grow and describe the underlying growth processes, are becoming increasingly important both in research and commercial application. Growth models are becoming more sophisticated, and refined concepts on how animals grow are increasingly being developed and incorporated into integrative models. Models are becoming more mechanistic and thus more powerful in their ability to predict animal performance under diverse conditions.
The text covers approaches to modelling and model evaluation, principles of nutrient partitioning, feed intake and its control, the effect of climatic conditions, stochasticity and the metabolic approach to modelling. A comprehensive introduction to the use of models in practice is given.
The book is intended for workers in the field of animal production who have completed university or higher vocational education in animal science and will be useful for those interested in obtaining a background to pig growth modelling and equally relevant to researchers, teachers and those wishing to practically apply models in feed companies and on-farm.

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Preface
Principles of modelling and nutrient partitioning	p. 1
The evolution of animal growth models	p. 3
Approaches to modelling	p. 11
The testing and evaluation of models	p. 23
Introduction to the principles of nutrient partitioning for growth	p. 33
Models of the relationship between animal performance and dietary energy	p. 47
Modelling protein metabolism in the pig - fist principles	p. 59
Framework for a simplified model to demonstrate principles of nutrient partitioning for growth in the pig	p. 71
Modelling energy metabolism in the pig - critical evaluation of a simple reference model	p. 87
Modelling protein metabolism in the pig - critical evaluation of a simple reference model	p. 103
Effects of environment, consequences of stochasticity and different concepts	p. 113
Energy systems and the prediction of energy and feed intakes	p. 115
Thermal requirements in pigs and modelling of the effects of coldness	p. 123
Evaluation of a concept on energy partitioning in growing pigs	p. 137
Prediction of growth and carcass parameters	p. 151
Aspects of stochasticity: variation between animals	p. 165
Metabolic approach to modelling nutrient utilization	p. 173
Practical applications	p. 185
Principles of model application	p. 187
The role of simulation models in the development of economically-optimal feeding regimens for the growing pigs	p. 209
Problems in applying models in practice	p. 223
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