The pig as an experimental model for elucidating the mechanisms governing dietary influence on mineral absorption

Jannine K Patterson; Xin Gen Lei; Dennis D Miller

doi:10.3181/0709-MR-262

The pig as an experimental model for elucidating the mechanisms governing dietary influence on mineral absorption

Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2008 Jun;233(6):651-64. doi: 10.3181/0709-MR-262. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Authors

Jannine K Patterson¹, Xin Gen Lei, Dennis D Miller

Affiliation

¹ 119 Stocking Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

PMID: 18408137
DOI: 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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Absorption
Animals
Biological Availability
Diet*
Gastrointestinal Tract / anatomy & histology
Gastrointestinal Tract / pathology
Humans
Male
Models, Anatomic
Models, Animal*
Models, Theoretical*
Nutritional Sciences
Probiotics
Rats
Species Specificity
Swine