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- Title
Awardee Talk: Swine Nutrient Requirements: Past, Present, and Future.
- Authors
Miller, Phillip S.
- Abstract
Since 1944, there have been 11 editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine coordinated by the National Research Council (NRC; currently the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine and Engineering [NASEM]) and published by the National Academy Press. Between 1944 and 1988 there were 9 editions and 3 editions between 1988 and 2022. The description of nutrient requirements for swine has been refined and augmented to reflect modern pig genetics and expanding methodology to measure pig performance. The scope of the publication has expanded (9th edition, 93 pages; 11th edition, 400 pages). The 11th edition highlighted gaps in literature that were identified by the study committee. For several of these areas, research is still needed. The last two editions have included computer models developed to generate energy and nutrient requirements. Also, feed composition tables were included in the last two editions. Development and maintenance of these models and ingredient databases require significant resources from committees appointed by NASEM. Shortly after the publication of the 11th edition, a National Research Support Program grant has funded the efforts of the National Animal Nutrition Program (https://animalnutrition.org/). This program has generated the ingredient databases for the Beef, Dairy, and Poultry study reports. It is anticipated that this program will play a key role in developing ingredient databases and requirement models for future NASEM swine (and other species) nutrient requirement publication(s). This approach should help maintain a repository for swine nutrient requirement information and ingredient composition.
- Subjects
SWINE; ANIMAL nutrition; NUTRITIONAL requirements; COMPOSITION of feeds; COMPUTER simulation; NUTRITION services
- Publication
Journal of Animal Science, 2022, Vol 100, p106
- ISSN
0021-8812
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jas/skac247.208