Patent ID: 6532420
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A23K,G01N

Abstract:
A method comprising the steps of:analyzing the nutritional composition of batches of a raw material for use in an animal feed product; comparing the nutritional composition with a predetermined nutritional composition; calculating the amount of supplemental nutrient needed to bring the composition of the batch to the predetermined-nutritional composition; determining a cluster of batches of raw material for which the amount of supplemental nutrient needed is similar within that cluster; determining a threshold supplemental nutrient amount that would be economically and nutritionally favorable for addition to the batches of raw material within the cluster; screening the batches to reject those for which the amount of supplemental nutrient needed is greater than the threshold supplemental nutrient amount and to accept those for which the amount of supplemental nutrient needed is no more than the threshold supplemental nutrient amount; and supplementing only the accepted batches of raw material with the calculated amount of supplemental nutrient.