Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production

by Colin Fisher, Rob Gous, Trevor R. Morris

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845930707
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	07/21/2006
Series:	CABI Series
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Colin Fisher

Rob Gous is formerly of University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.

Trevor R. Morris

Table of Contents

List of Contributors     vii
Preface     ix
Acknowledgements     xi
An Introduction to Modelling in the Animal Sciences   T.R. Morris     1
Scientific Progress and Mathematical Modelling: Different Approaches to Modelling Animal Systems   J. France   J. Dijkstra     6
Basic Concepts Describing Animal Growth and Feed Intake   N.S. Ferguson     22
The Effects of Social Stressors on the Performance of Growing Pigs   I.J. Wellock   G.C. Emmans   I. Kyriazakis     54
Modelling Populations for Purposes of Optimization   R.M. Gous   E.T. Berhe     76
Advancements in Empirical Models for Prediction and Prescription   W.B. Roush     97
The Problem of Predicting the Partitioning of Scarce Resources during Sickness and Health in Pigs   I. Kyriazakis   F.B. Sandberg     117
Nutrient Flow Models, Energy Transactions and Energy Feed Systems   J. van Milgen     143
Evaluating Animal Genotypes through Model Inversion   A.B. Doeschl-Wilson   P.W. Knap   B.P. Kinghorn     163
Considerations for Representing Micro-environmental Conditions in Simulation Models for Broiler Chickens   O.A. Blanco   R.M. Gous     188
Using Physiological Models to Define Environmental Control Strategies   M.A. Mitchell     209
Modelling Egg Production in Laying Hens   S.A. Johnston   R.M. Gous     229
Comparison of Pig Growth Models - the Genetic Point of View   P. Luiting   P.W. Knap     260
Mechanistic Modelling at the Metabolic Level: a Model of Metabolism in the Sow as an Example   J.P McNamara     282
The Place of Models in the New Technologies of Production Systems   D.M. Green   D.J. Parsons     305
Index     325