The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast - Juan Gabriel Espino: Growth Curve Modeling | Ep. 111

In this episode of The Poultry Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Juan Gabriel Espino, specialist in monogastric animal nutrition, discusses the role of mathematics in poultry nutrition and the application of nonlinear models in growth prediction for pullets and broilers. He explains how the Gompertz function can be used as a powerful tool to improve feed phase management, optimize nutrient strategies, and better understand animal growth dynamics. Listen now on all major platforms!

What will you learn: 

• Growth curve modeling
• Feed phase timing
• Nutrient requirement precision
• Nonlinear growth prediction
• Data-driven nutrition plans

Meet the guest:

Juan Gabriel Espino is a veterinarian specializing in monogastric animal nutrition, with a focus on efficient diet formulation and feed optimization strategies on poultry and swine. He holds a Master's degree in Animal Production and Nutrition from the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and has additional training in Avian Medicine from the University of Georgia.
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