Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Colour Plates -- Introduction to Systems Biology for Animal Scientists / Christopher K Tuggle, Fadi Towfic, Vasant G Honavar -- Modeling Approaches in Systems Biology, Including Silicon Cell Models / Alexey N Kolodkin, Fred C Boogerd, Frank J Bruggeman, Hans V Westerhoff -- The IUPS Physiome Project: A Worldwide Systems Biology Initiative / Gregory O'Grady, Peng Du, Leo K Cheng -- Systems Biology in Livestock Health and Disease / Gordon M Kirby -- Systems Biology of Host₆Food₆Microbe Interactions in the Mammalian Gut / Vitor A P Martins dos Santos, Michael Muller, Willem M de Vos, Jerry Wells, Marinus F W te Pas, Guido Hooiveld, Peter van Baarlen, Mari A Smits, Jaap Keijer -- From Visual Biological Models toward Mathematical Models of the Biology of Complex Traits / Marinus F W te Pas, Arend J W Hoekman, Ina Hulsegge -- Molecular Networks as Sensors and Drivers of Uterine Receptivity in Livestock / Stefan Bauersachs, Eckhard Wolf -- Modeling Approaches to Link Various Levels of Organization in Animal Physiology / Andř Bannink, James France, Jan Dijkstra -- Systems Biology and Animal Nutrition: Insights from the Dairy Cow during Growth and the Lactation Cycle / Juan J Loor, Massimo Bionaz, Guido Invernizzi -- Host-Pathogen Interactions / Mari A Smits, Dirkjan Schokker -- Systems Biology in Livestock Science and Commercial Livestock Business / Marinus F W te Pas, Henri Woelders, Andre Bannink -- Index.

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