Mechanistic modelling in pig and poultry production /
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| Imprint: | Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Cabi, c2006. |
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| Description: | xi, 331 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6435045 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. An Introduction to Modelling in the Animal Sciences
- 2. Scientific Progress and Mathematical Modelling: Different Approaches to Modelling Animal Systems
- 3. Basic Concepts Describing Animal Growth and Feed Intake
- 4. The Effects of Social Stressors on the Performance of Growing Pigs
- 5. Modelling Populations for Purposes of Optimization
- 6. Advancements in Empirical Models for Prediction and Prescription
- 7. The Problem of Predicting the Partitioning of Scarce Resources during Sickness and Health in Pigs
- 8. Nutrient Flow Models, Energy Transactions and Energy Feed Systems
- 9. Evaluating Animal Genotypes through Model Inversion
- 10. Considerations for Representing Micro-environmental Conditions in Simulation Models for Broiler Chickens
- 11. Using Physiological Models to Define Environmental Control Strategies
- 12. Modelling Egg Production in Laying Hens
- 13. Comparison of Pig Growth Models - the Genetic Point of View
- 14. Mechanistic Modelling at the Metabolic Level: a Model of Metabolism in the Sow as an Example
- 15. The Place of Models in the New Technologies of Production Systems
- Index
