System for and method of customizing an animal feed based on nucleic acid material content

• US 7,418,303 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2003
• Issued: 08/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Can Technologies, Inc. (Cargill Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Can Technologies, Inc. (Cargill Incorporated)
• Inventors: Cook, David A., Newcomb, Mark D., van de Ligt, Christiaan P. A., Craig, W. Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): VON BUHR, MARIA N
• Application Number:
  US10/656,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20040122597A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,817 Days
• Field of Search: 700 90- 92, 700/106, 119/51.01, 119/51.02, 119/53, 702/2, 702/22, 702/179
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/153 Nucleic acids; Hydrolysis products or derivatives thereof

Abstract

A system for and method of determining a formulation for an animal feed having a customized nucleic acid material content. The system can include an animal profile, an animal nutrient requirement profile, an evaluation criteria, and/or ingredient nutrient content profiles. The information contained in the profiles and criteria can be used to calculate a formulation having a desirable nucleic acid material content. The optimized nucleic acid material content can be used to maximize satisfaction of an evaluation criteria.

Claims

1. A method for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the method comprising:

receiving animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;

receiving feed data representative of feed ingredients;

generating nutritional profile data representative of a desirable nucleic acid material content for the animal based upon the animal data; and

generating formulation data including data representative of a combination of feed ingredients, the formulation data being generated based upon the nutritional profile data and the feed data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the nutritional profile data includes determining a level of nucleic acid material that optimizes a criteria based upon the animal data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the nutritional profile data includes data representative of at least one nutrient component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the nutritional profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and wherein the formulation data is generated further based upon variation data representative of a range of levels for nucleic acid materials for at least one of the at least two nutrient components.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the feed ingredients include at least one of a carbohydrate source, a protein source, a fat source, a vitamin source, a mineral source and a nucleic acid material source.

6. A method for determining customized feed for at least one animal, the method comprising:

receiving animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;

receiving feed data representative of feed ingredients;

receiving evaluation data representative of at least one evaluation criteria;

generating nutritional profile data representative of a desirable nucleic acid material content for the animal based upon the animal data; and

generating formulation data including data representative of a combination of feed ingredients, the formulation data being generated based upon the nutritional profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein generating the nutritional profile data includes determining a level of nucleic acid material that optimizes a criteria based upon the animal data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the evaluation criteria includes at least two criteria.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the evaluation criteria include an associated optimization weighting data, the method further comprising the step of generating the formulation data based on the optimization weighting data.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the nutritional profile data includes data representative of at least one nutrient component.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the nutritional profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and wherein the formulation data is generated further based upon variation data representative of a range of levels for nucleic acid materials for at least one of the at least two nutrient components.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the feed ingredients include at least one of a carbohydrate source, a protein source, a fat source, a vitamin source, a mineral source and a nucleic acid material source.

13. A method for optimizing the growth rate of an animal, the method comprising:

receiving animal data representative of the characteristics of the animal;

receiving feed data representative of feed ingredients;

receiving evaluation data representative of at least one evaluation criteria;

generating nutritional profile data including a data representative of a desirable nucleic acid material content for the animal based upon the animal data; and

generating formulation data representative of a combination of feed ingredients, the formulation data being generated based upon the nutritional profile data, the feed data and the evaluation data;

wherein the evaluation criteria include an optimized animal growth rate.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein generating the nutritional profile data includes determining a level of nucleic acid material that optimizes a criteria based upon the animal data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the evaluation criteria includes at least two criteria.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the evaluation criteria include an associated optimization weighting data, the method further comprising the step of generating the formulation data based on the optimization weighting data.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the nutritional profile includes data representative of at least one nutrient component.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the nutritional profile data is representative of at least two nutrient components, and wherein the formulation data is generated further based upon variation data representative of a range of levels for nucleic acid materials for at least two nutrient components.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the feed ingredients include at least one of a carbohydrate source, a protein source, a fat source, a vitamin source, a mineral source and a nucleic acid material source.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the animal is newly weaned.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the animal is intestinally challenged.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein the formulation data is used to create an animal feed having a customized nucleic acid material content.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the method is utilized in production of a food product from an animal fed the animal feed.