Nutritional Modelling for Pigs and Poultry

Preface 1. An overview of poultry models 2. InraPorc: where do we come from and where do we want to go? 3. Modelling reproduction in broiler breeder and laying hens 4. Modeling nutrient utilization in sows, a way towards the optimization of nutritional supplies 5. Statistical issues in nutritional modeling 6. Basics and applications of an exponential N-utilization model ('Goettingen approach') for assessing amino acid requirements in growing pigs and meat type chickens based on dietary amino acid efficiency 7. Artificial neural networks 8. Challenges associated with the application of poultry models: the case of turkeys 9. INAVI: a practical tool to study the influence of nutritional and environmental factors on broiler performances 10. Model applications in poultry production and nutrition 11. Commercial application of integrated models to improve performance and profitability in finishing pigs 12. Estimating real-time individual amino acid requirements in growing-finishing pigs: towards a new definition of nutrient requirements in growing-finishing pigs? 13. A model to optimise broiler productivity Preface 2 14. AvinespModel: Predicting poultry growth, energy and amino acid requirements 15. Maintenance requirements for amino acids in poultry 16. A model to estimate the amino acid requirements for growth and sexual development in laying pullets 17. Responses of broilers to amino acid intake 18. Description of the growth of body components of broilers and laying pullets 19. Response of laying hens to amino acid intake 20. Amino acid requirements for pullets based on potential protein deposition and the efficiency of amino acid utilization 21. A comparison of two approaches for determining the optimum dietary amino acid ratios of fast-growing broilers