Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals

2006
Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals
Author: J. France
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 184593007X
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This book brings together the papers presented orally or as posters at the Sixth International Workshopon Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 6 - 8 September2004. The purpose of this book is to present current research in modelling nutrient digestion andutilization in cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and fish.The book is organised into six sections that cover a range of topics and modelling approaches; theseare (i) absorption and passage; (ii) growth and development; (iii) mineral metabolism; (iv) methodology;(v) environmental impact; and (vi) animal production and feed evaluation. Deterministic, stochastic,empirical and mechanistic modelling approaches are described.This book will be of significant interest to researchers and students of animal science, particularly thoseconcerned with nutrition modelling.

Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals

2000
Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals
Author: J. P. McNamara
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780851999371
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This book describes current research in modelling nutrient use in farm animals, from cellular to ecosystem level. The chapters are developed from papers presented at a satellite meeting of the 9th International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, held in South Africa in October 1999.Excellent papers from a top list of contributorsEditors of great reputationCovers the current topics of interest

Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals

2006
Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals
Author: E. Kebreab
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2006
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1845930053
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This book contains 34 chapters on nutrition physiology and presents scientific research in modelling nutrient digestion and utilization in domestic animals, including cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and fishes. It is divided into 6 parts that cover fermentation, absorption and passage; growth and development; mineral metabolism; methodology and model development; environmental impacts and animal production and feed evaluation models. Deterministic, stochastic, empirical and mechanistic modelling approaches are also described. This book will be of significant interest to researchers and students of animal science, especially those concerned with nutrition modelling.

Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilisation in Farm Animals

2011-05-02
Modelling Nutrient Digestion and Utilisation in Farm Animals
Author: D. Sauvant
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2011-05-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 908686712X
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For 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.

Livestock production and society

2023-08-28
Livestock production and society
Author: R. Geers
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9086865674
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The objective of this book is to provide a scientific-based, multidisciplinary perspective to the dialogue between society and the stakeholders within livestock production. Concerns and problems related to food safety, animal welfare and rural environment are discussed within a holistic approach. This unique approach has an added-value compared to other books which cover these topics from a specialist point of view. The different issues are developed by well-known experts in their field of work. They are dealing with the latest developments in livestock production in relation to social concerns (such as, regulations, risk communication, reduction of environmental impact, sustainability and economic and social impacts of alternative strategies) and production systems (including transport and slaughter, feeding strategies, waste management and future monitoring technology).Readers from various disciplines will find these ideas useful and complimentary to their own expertise, and may apply them to decision making, vocational training and other educational applications.

Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production

2006-01-01
Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production
Author: R. Gous
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1845930703
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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.

Mathematical Modelling in Animal Nutrition

2008-01-01
Mathematical Modelling in Animal Nutrition
Author: J. France
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1845933591
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Mathematical modelling is increasingly applicable to the practical sciences. Here, mathematical approaches are applied to the study of mechanisms of digestion and metabolism in primary animal species. It also explores common themes between species, and provides an integrated approach to mathematical modelling in animal nutrition.

Rumenology

2016-09-22
Rumenology
Author: Danilo Domingues Millen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319305336
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The book combines information about the behaviour that allowed ruminants to survive and to evolve on Earth: the rumen. Furthermore, the reader will find aspects involving rumen anatomy, physiology, microbiology, fermentation, metabolism, manipulation, kinetics and modeling. Thus, the book was not only organized to help students involved in areas such as ruminant nutrition and ruminant production but collegians gathering material for teaching practices.

Nutritional Modelling for Pigs and Poultry

2014-12-15
Nutritional Modelling for Pigs and Poultry
Author: Nilva K Sakmoura
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-12-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1780644116
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Modelling is a useful tool for decision making in complex agro-industrial scenarios. Containing a selection of the papers presented at the International Symposium of Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production 2013, this book brings together the best and most recent academic work on modelling in the pig and poultry industry, with a particular emphasis on nutrition. It reviews basic modelling concepts, descriptions and applications of production models and new methods and approaches in modelling.