Flowchart of the DIM model
Diet
Diet NE
m
Environment
Diet NE
g
Animal
NE
m
Requirement
DMI
FFM
FFG
EFG (RE)
ADG
k
g
k
m
REp
FIG & PIG
Decay Equation: Iterate until
D
NE
g
< 5%
Diet ME
Adj. NE
g
Mechanistic: Iterate until
D
NE
g
< 5%
Model2:
Feed
Required
Model1:
Gain
Projection