Mathematical modelling in animal nutrition /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Animal nutrition > Mathematical models.; Pets and Companion Animals.; Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000); Animal Nutrition (General); Mathematics and Statistics.; Pigs.; Ruminants.; Animal feeding.; Animal nutrition.; Fish.; Livestock.; Mathematical models.; Pets.; Poultry.; Quantitative analysis.; Electronic books.
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The primary purpose of each of the subsequent chapters of this book is to promulgate quantitative approaches concerned with elucidating mechanisms in a particular area of the nutrition of ruminants, pigs, poultry, fish or pets. Given the diverse scientific backgrounds of the contributors of each cha...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Alan Wilderman
• Introduction / J. France and E. Kebreab
• Linear models for determining digestibility / M.S. Dhanoa, S. López and J. France
• Nonlinear functions in animal nutrition / S. López
• Interesting simple dynamic growth models / J.H.M. Thornley
• The dilemma in models of intake regulation : mechanistic or empirical / D.P. Poppi
• Models to measure and interpret exchange of metabolites across the capillary bed of intact organs / J.P. Cant and F. Qiao
• Modelling protozoal metabolism and volatile fatty acid production in the rumen / J. Dijkstra, E. Kebreab, J. France and A. Bannink
• Modelling methane emissions from farm livestock / J.A.N. Mills
• Supporting measurements required for evaluation of greenhouse gas emission models for enteric fermentation and stored animal manure / C. Wagner-Riddle, E. Kebreab, J. France and J. Rapai
• Data capture : development of a mobile open-circuit ventilated hood system for measuring real-time gaseous emissions in cattle / N.E. Odongo, O. AlZahal, J.E. Las, A. Kramer, B. Kerrigan, E. Kebreab, J. France and B.W. McBride
• Efficiency of amino acid utilization in simple-stomached animals and humans : a modelling approach / P.J. Moughan
• Compartmental models of protein turnover to resolve isotope dilution data / L.A. Crompton, J. France, R.S. Dias, E. Kebreab and M.D. Hanigan
• Assessment of protein and amino acid requirements in adult mammals, with specific focus on cats, dogs, and rabbits / A.K. Shoveller, J.L. Atkinson
• Mathematical representation of the partitioning of retained energy in the growing pig / C.F.M. de Lange, P.C.H. Morel and S.H. Birkett
• Aspects of energy metabolism and energy partitioning in broiler chickens / G. Lopez and S. Leeson
• Modelling phosphorus metabolism / E. Kebreab, D.M.S.S. Vitti, N.E. Odongo, R.S. Dias, L.A. Crompton and J. France
• Methodological considerations for measuring phosphorus utilization in pigs / M.Z. Fan, Y. Shen, Y.L. Yin, Z.R. Wang, Z.Y. Wang, T.J. Li, T.C. Rideout, R.L. Huang, T. Archbold, C.B. Yang and J. Wang
• The prediction of the consequences of pathogen challenges on the performance of growing pigs / I. Kyriazakis, F.B. Sandberg and W. Brindle
• Factors regulating feed efficiency and nutrient utilization in beef cattle / K. Swanson and S. Miller
• Models of nutrient utilization by fish and potential applications for fish culture operations / D.P. Bureau and K. Hua
• Integrated approaches to evaluate nutritional strategies for dairy cows / A. Bannink, J.W. Reijs and J. Dijkstra
• Modelling lactation potential in an animal model / M.D. Hanigan, C.C. Palliser, A.G. Rius
• The diary of Molly / R.L. Baldwin
• Modelling sugarcane utilization by dairy cows in the tropics / A.G. Assis, O.F. Campos, J. Dijkstra, E. Kebreab and J. France
• Simulation exercises for animal science MSc students : rumen digestion and pig growth / W.J.J. Gerrits, E. Kebreab, M.R. Kramer and J. Dijkstra.