From results obtained over the last 20 years on energy and amino acid utilisation in
reproductive sows, it has become possible to improve the determination of nutrient
requirements (factorial approach) and the prediction of an animal's response to nutrient
supplies (modelling). The objective of this project was to integrate the current state of
knowledge in a nutritional model for growing pigs and for sows and make it available as a
software tool to end-users, mainly nutritionists involved in the pig industry and students in …