The Pig as an Experimental Model for Elucidating the Mechanisms Governing Dietary Influence on Mineral Absorption
- 1 June 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 233 (6), 651-664
- https://doi.org/10.3181/0709-mr-262
Abstract
This review highlights the similarities between pigs and humans and thereby the value of the porcine human nutritional model, and reviews some of the more recent applications of this model for nutritional research.This publication has 118 references indexed in Scilit:
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