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First published online April 11, 2008
Experimental Biology and Medicine 233:651-664 (2008)
doi: 10.3181/0709-MR-262
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MINIREVIEW

The Pig as an Experimental Model for Elucidating the Mechanisms Governing Dietary Influence on Mineral Absorption

Jannine K. Patterson*, Xin Gen Lei{dagger} and Dennis D. Miller*,1

* Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850; and {dagger} Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at 1 119 Stocking Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853. E-mail: ddm2{at}cornell.edu

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.

Key Words: pig • model • human • nutrition • diet






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