Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production

By: Colin Fisher, Rob Gous, Trevor R. Morris

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Hardcover | 21 January 2006

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This book is based on papers presented at a symposium held in 2005 in South Africa. It brings together the most recent academic writings on modelling concepts, problems and applications of models and looks at the development, usefulness and limitations of models in pigs and poultry.

Contents includes; description of growth and feed intake, modelling social systems and disease effects, nutrient flow models, energy transactions and energy feed systems, optimisation of broiler nutrition and modelling egg production in layering hens.

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List of Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
An Introduction to Modelling in the Animal Sciences	p. 1
Scientific Progress and Mathematical Modelling: Different Approaches to Modelling Animal Systems	p. 6
Basic Concepts Describing Animal Growth and Feed Intake	p. 22
The Effects of Social Stressors on the Performance of Growing Pigs	p. 54
Modelling Populations for Purposes of Optimization	p. 76
Advancements in Empirical Models for Prediction and Prescription	p. 97
The Problem of Predicting the Partitioning of Scarce Resources during Sickness and Health in Pigs	p. 117
Nutrient Flow Models, Energy Transactions and Energy Feed Systems	p. 143
Evaluating Animal Genotypes through Model Inversion	p. 163
Considerations for Representing Micro-environmental Conditions in Simulation Models for Broiler Chickens	p. 188
Using Physiological Models to Define Environmental Control Strategies	p. 209
Modelling Egg Production in Laying Hens	p. 229
Comparison of Pig Growth Models - the Genetic Point of View	p. 260
Mechanistic Modelling at the Metabolic Level: a Model of Metabolism in the Sow as an Example	p. 282
The Place of Models in the New Technologies of Production Systems	p. 305
Index	p. 325
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