Nutritional Modelling for Pigs and Poultry

Nilva K Sakomura, University Estadual Paulista, Brazil

• a: Preface 1: An overview of poultry models 2: InraPorc: where do we come from and where do we want to go? 3: Modelling reproduction in broiler breeder and laying hens 4: Modeling nutrient utilization in sows, a way towards the optimization of nutritional supplies 5: Statistical issues in nutritional modeling 6: Basics and applications of an exponential N-utilization model (‘Goettingen approach’) for assessing amino acid requirements in growing pigs and meat type chickens based on dietary amino acid efficiency 7: Artificial neural networks 8: Challenges associated with the application of poultry models: the case of turkeys 9: INAVI: a practical tool to study the influence of nutritional and environmental factors on broiler performances 10: Model applications in poultry production and nutrition 11: Commercial application of integrated models to improve performance and profitability in finishing pigs 12: Estimating real-time individual amino acid requirements in growing-finishing pigs: towards a new definition of nutrient requirements in growing-finishing pigs? 13: A model to optimise broiler productivity b: Preface 2 14: AvinespModel: Predicting poultry growth, energy and amino acid requirements 15: Maintenance requirements for amino acids in poultry 16: A model to estimate the amino acid requirements for growth and sexual development in laying pullets 17: Responses of broilers to amino acid intake 18: Description of the growth of body components of broilers and laying pullets 19: Response of laying hens to amino acid intake 20: Amino acid requirements for pullets based on potential protein deposition and the efficiency of amino acid utilization 21: A comparison of two approaches for determining the optimum dietary amino acid ratios of fast-growing broilers"