Model description.
The model is defined by 20 equations, with a total of 19 parameters for the described process.
carcass.model(protcmax, protncmax, alphac, alphanc, gammac, gammanc, lip0,
lipc1, lipnc1, beta, delta, k, b0c, b1c, b0nc, b1nc, c0, c1, cem,
duration): amounts of protein in the carcass of the adult animal (kg)
: amounts of protein in the 5th district of the adult animal (kg)
: maximum protein synthesis rate in the frame (excluding basal metabolism) (j-1)
: maximum rate of protein synthesis in the 5th district (except basal metabolism) (j-1)
: Maximum rate of protein degradation in the frame (excluding basal metabolism) (j-1)
: maximum rate of protein degradation in the 5th district (except basal metabolism) (j-1)
: maximum lipid concentration to the theoretical physiological age (percent)
: increase coefficient of the maximum lipid concentration with the physiological age of the carcase (percent)
: increase coefficient of the highest lipid concentration with physiological age area in the 5th (percent)
: lipid synthesis rate (j-1)
: lipid degradation rate (d-1)
: Parameter coefficient between the half-saturation of the Michaelis-Menten equation of the metabolic weight (MJ.kg^0.75)
: coefficient of the allometric equation linking mass and lipid-protein carcass
: exponent allometric equation linking mass and defatted protein carcass
: coefficient of the allometric equation linking mass and lipid-protein 5th district
: exponent allometric equation linking mass and lipid-protein 5th district
: coefficient of the allometric equation between live weight and live weight empty
: exponent allometric equation linking body weight and live weight empty
:
: duration of simulation
data.frame with ProtC,LipC,ProtNC,LipNC,PV