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

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