Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production

Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production
ISBN-10
1845930703
ISBN-13
9781845930707
Category
Medical
Pages
331
Language
English
Published
2006-01-01
Publisher
CABI
Authors
R. Gous, C. Fisher, Trevor Raymond Morris

Description

These proceedings contain 15 papers on the recent advances in pig and poultry mechanistic modelling. Notable among the papers is the consideration of new components of the animal production process, such as social stressors and disease. Understanding of some new systems such as the physiological control of egg production in hens by modelling is the given focus in one paper. The topics covered in the other papers include the following: introduction to modelling in the animal sciences, different approaches to modelling animal systems; basic concepts describing animal growth and feed intake; modelling populations for purposes of optimization; advancements in empirical models for prediction and prescription; nutrient flow models, energy transactions and energy feed systems; evaluation of animal genotypes through model inversion; considerations for representing microenvironmental conditions in simulation models for broiler chickens; use of physiological models to define environmental control strategies; comparison of pig growth models from the genetic point of view; model of metabolism in the sow; and place of models in the new technologies of production systems.

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