Article
Computer simulation model of swine production systems: III. A dynamic herd simulation model including reproduction.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1991
Pomar C, Harris D L, Savoie P, Minvielle F
Abstract excerpt
A dynamic herd simulation model for a swine production unit has been developed. The model is discrete and stochastic and the appropriate random distributions have been defined from the literature or empirically estimated. Theoretical concepts and relationships presented previously are used to simulate growth and the overall life cycle of individual animals. Simulated animals are young pigs (from birth to...
Topics
- Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Animals
- Animals, Suckling
- Body Weight
- Computer Simulation
- Female
- Fertilization
- Genotype
- Lactation
- Litter Size
- Male
