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 nutrient 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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and the system further includes a fifth memory portion in communication with the digital processor, the fifth memory portion storing variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile and the digital processor generates a set of ration data based upon the variation data.
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Abstract
A method and system for creating a customized animal feed is disclosed. The method and system include having ingredient data from more than one location, animal data, and 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 fulfill 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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45 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 nutrient 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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and the system further includes a fifth memory portion in communication with the digital processor, the fifth memory portion storing variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile and the digital processor generates a set of ration data based upon the variation data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. 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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and the system further includes a fourth memory portion in communication with the digital processor, the fourth memory portion storing variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile and the digital processor generates a set of ration data based upon the variation data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. 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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and the system further includes fifth memory means for storing variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile and the processor means generating a set of ration data based upon the variation data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. 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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and the system further includes a fourth memory means for storing variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile; and
the processing means generates a set of ration data based upon the variation data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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29. 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 two evaluation criteria;
generating profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data;
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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, the method further comprising the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile; and
storing optimization weighting data representative of the effect a respective evaluation criteria has on the generation of the ration data and generation the ration data further based upon the optimization weighting data. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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31. 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;
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, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components of the nutrient profile, and the method generates a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component; and
storing optimization weighting data representative of the effect a respective evaluation criteria has on the generation of the ration data and generating the ration data further based upon the optimization weighting data. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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33. A customized feed for an animal, the feed produced by a process 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 nutrient profile data representative of a nutrient profile for the animal based upon the animal data;
generating first ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first location and second ration data representative of ingredients from the second location, each ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the first or second feed data, respectively, and the evaluation data; and
generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A customized feed for livestock, the feed produced by a process comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located in 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 the feed ingredients, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components and the process further comprises the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A customized feed for livestock, the feed produced by a process comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located in 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 generating ration data representative of a combination of the feed ingredients, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components and the process further comprises the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile; and
mixing the combination of ingredients and feeding the feed to the livestock.
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39. A customized feed for livestock, the feed produced by a process comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located in 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 the feed ingredients, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the ration data comprises custom feed data representative of a combination of amounts of the feed ingredients, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components and the process further comprises the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile, and wherein the ration data further comprises cost data representative of a cost associated with the custom feed data.
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40. A customized feed for livestock, the feed produced by a process comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located in 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 the feed ingredients, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the ration data comprises custom feed data representative of a combination of amounts of the feed ingredients, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components and the process further comprises the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile, and wherein the ration data further comprises feed weight data representative of a feed weight associated with the custom feed data.
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41. A customized feed for livestock, the feed produced by a process comprising:
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storing animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;
storing feed data representative of the feed ingredients located in 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 the feed ingredients, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the ration data comprises custom feed data representative of a combination of amounts of the feed ingredients, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components and the process further comprises the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for at least one nutrient component of the nutrient profile, and wherein the ration data further comprises performance data representative of a projected animal performance associated with the custom feed data.
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42. A food product from an animal fed a customized feed, the food product produced by a process 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;
generating ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first and second locations, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the first and second feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, the process further comprising the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for the nutrient components of the nutrient profile;
mixing the combination of ingredients to produce the customized feed;
feeding the customized feed to the animal; and
processing the animal to generate said food product. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A food product from an animal fed a customized feed, the food product produced by a process 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;
generating ration data representative of a combination of ingredients from the first and second locations, the ration data being generated based upon the profile data, the first and second feed data and the evaluation data, wherein the nutrient profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, the process further comprising the step of generating a set of ration data based upon variation data representative of a range for the nutrient components of the nutrient profile;
mixing the combination of ingredients to produce the customized feed;
feeding the customized feed to the animal; and
processing the animal to generate said food product. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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