Computer system for determining a customized animal feed
First Claim
1. A system for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the system comprising:
- a first memory portion configured to store animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
a second memory portion configured to store first feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a first location;
a third memory portion configured to store second feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a second location;
a fourth memory portion configured to store evaluation data representative of at least one evaluation criteria; and
a data processing circuit in communication with the memory portions and configured to generate profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data, the data processing circuit being further configured to generate ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first and second locations, the ration data being generated by the data processing circuit based upon the profile data, the first and second feed data and the evaluation data.
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Abstract
A method and system for creating a customized animal feed includes having ingredient data from more than one location, animal data, and evaluation data. The specifications for a customized feed are generated using ingredient data representative of the mix of ingredients available at one or more locations. A customized feed is generated which is designed to fulfill the nutritional requirements for the animal'"'"'s diet. The nutritional requirements are derived from the animal data. Furthermore, the feed is optimized to fulfil the requirements of the evaluation criteria. Evaluation criteria such as (i) animal production rate, (ii) the cost of feed per unit animal weight gain, and (iii) the feed weight per unit animal weight gain, are then utilized together with the feed data and animal data to provide a customized feed which has been generated based upon evaluation data which is representative of one or more of the evaluation criteria.
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38 Claims
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1. A system for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the system comprising:
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a first memory portion configured to store animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
a second memory portion configured to store first feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a first location;
a third memory portion configured to store second feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a second location;
a fourth memory portion configured to store evaluation data representative of at least one evaluation criteria; and
a data processing circuit in communication with the memory portions and configured to generate profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data, the data processing circuit being further configured to generate ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first and second locations, the ration data being generated by the data processing circuit based upon the profile data, the first and second feed data and the evaluation data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the system comprising:
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a first memory portion configured to store animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
a second memory portion configured to store feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at at least one location;
a third memory portion configured to store evaluation data representative of at least two evaluation criteria; and
a data processing circuit in communication with the memory portions and configured to generate profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data, the data processing circuit being further configured to generate ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the location, the ration data being generated by the data processing circuit based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the system comprising:
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first memory means for storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
second memory means for storing first feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a first location;
third memory means for storing second feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a second location;
fourth memory means for storing evaluation data representative of at least one evaluation criteria; and
processing means for generating profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data, the processing means generating ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first and second locations, the ration data being generated by the processing means based upon the profile data, the first and second feed data and the evaluation data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the system comprising:
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first memory means for storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
second memory means for storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at at least one location;
third memory for storing evaluation data representative of at least two evaluation criteria; and
processing means for generating profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data, processing means further generating ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the location, the ration data being generated by the processing means based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the method comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing first feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a first location;
storing second feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at a second location;
storing evaluation data representative of at least one evaluation criteria;
generating profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data; and
generating first ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first location, second ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the second locations, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the first and second feed data and the evaluation data. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A method for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the method comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located at at least one location;
storing evaluation data representative of at least two evaluation criteria;
generating profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data; and
generating ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the location, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data.
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