Overview

This text aims to act as the one-stop reference that the feed industry personnel, extension agents, and commercial growers of beef, pork, chicken and other livestock can use to quickly solve their most challenging feed formulation problems. This combination book-PC software package presents a wide range of practical feed formulation problems, shows step-by-step how to solve them, and discusses the economic implications of each one. The book begins with solving a simple ration balancing problem, then goes on to discuss more complex feed formulation techniques in terms of both their practical applications and economic implications. Helpful commentary and examples throughout enable readers to experiment with the material presented as well as with feed strategies of their own. This book should be of interest to industry personnel, extension agents, and commerical growers of beef, pork, chicken.

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Author:   Gene M. Pesti ,  Bill R. Miller
Publisher:   Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S.
Imprint:   Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S.
Edition:   1993 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780442013356

ISBN 10:   0442013353
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   28 February 1993
Audience:   General/trade
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Economic analysis: Animal feeding; Assumptions of least-cost analysis; What to expect from applying linear programming; Least-cost formulation: the basic linear-programming problem; Adding proportions between nutrients; Specifying ratios between nutrients; Dealing with infeasible solutions; Sensitivity analysis and choosing ingredients; Parametric cost ranging; Multiblending to determine in which feed a scarce ingredient should be used; Optimum-density formulation; Amino acid equivalent formulas; Nutrient factoring; Considering risk in feed formulation; Strategies for dealing with the risk of ingredients with below-average compositions; Formulating feeds for sheep: Sample sheep feed formulation problem; Calculating formulation results on an as-is basis; Formulating feeds for beef cattle: Formulating feeds for a desired level of gain; Specifying the amount of forage in a feed; Formulation based on expected gains from feed net-energy levels; Maximizing profit and optimizing net energy; How does feed cost affect probability and net-energy levels?; Toward more comprehensive models; Formulating feeds for dairy cattle: Maximum-production models for feed formulation; Formulating diets to maximize profits; Formulating feeds for swine: Do the producer's feeds meet National Research Council recommendations?; Substitution of ingredients; Parametric cost ranging of wheat; Nutrient requirements and ingredient-formulation values; Formulating feeds for turkeys; Formulating feeds for broilers; Formulating feeds for layers: Intake prediction; Constraints and temperature dependence; Additional considerations; Formulating feeds for catfish; Formulating feeds for horses; Appendixes: General features of the UFFDA program; Using UFFDA on a local area network; Units in a mathematical programming problem; Bibliography; Index.

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