title: The pig as an experimental model for elucidating the mechanisms governing dietary influence on mineral absorption.
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.
authors.affiliation: 119 Stocking Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Jannine K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Xin Gen
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Dennis D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D004032:Diet; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D023421:Models, Animal; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D052756:Nutritional Sciences; D019936:Probiotics; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine