Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals
Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals
Author(s): Edited by D. Sauvant, J. Van Milgen, P. Faverdin and N. FriggensFor more than 30 years, modelling has been an important method for integrating, in a flexible, comprehensive and widely applicable way, basic knowledge and biological concepts on digestion and metabolism in farm animals. The purpose of this book is to present the 'state of art' in this area. The chapters are written by leading teams and researchers in this field of study, mainly from Europe, North America and Australasia.
Considerable progress has been made in topics dealing with: modelling methods, feeding behaviour, digestion and metabolic processes in ruminants and monogastric animals. This progress is clearly illustrated by the emergence of a new paradigm in animal nutrition, which has moved from the aim to cover the requirements of the animal to explaining and predicting the responses of the animals to diets (e.g., productivity and efficiency, impact on quality of products, environmental aspects, health and well-being). In this book several chapters illustrate that through empirical models, meta-analysis is an efficient tool to synthesize information gathered over recent decades. In addition, compared with other books on modelling farm animal nutrition, two new aspects received particular attention: expanding knowledge of the individual animal to understanding the functioning and management of herds, and the consideration of the environmental impact of animal production. This book is a valuable source of information for researchers, nutritionists, advisors, and graduate students who want to have up-to-date and concise information on mathematical modelling applied to farm animals.
Availability: In Print
Publication date: January 2011
Binding: Hardback
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Extent: 432pp
ISBN: 978-90-8686-156-9
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Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals
Preface- Advances in methodological aspects of modelling
- Modelling feeding behaviour and regulation of feed intake
- Modelling fermentation, digestion and microbial interactions in the gut
- Modelling interactions between nutrients and physiological functions: consequence on product quality and animal health
- Extrapolating from the animal to the herd
- Modelling the environmental impact of animal production
- Modelling feeding behaviour and regulation of feed intake
Index
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