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SNAPIG: a model to study nutrient digestion and absorption kinetics in growing pigs based on diet and ingredient properties

Authors: M Schop, Hieu Nguyen-Ba, AJM Jansman, S de Vries, JL Ellis, A Bannink, WJJ Gerrits

Publication Date: 2023/12/1

Current feed formulation and evaluation practices rely on static values for the nutritional value of feed ingredients and assume additivity. Hereby, the complex interplay among nutrients in the diet and the highly dynamic digestive processes are ignored. Nutrient digestion kinetics and diet × animal interactions should be acknowledged to improve future predictions of the nutritional value of complex diets. Therefore, an in silico nutrient-based mechanistic digestion model for growing pigs was developed: “SNAPIG

Read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123003427