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Nutritional value tool
ForageSolution name: Forage, nutritional value tool
Aim: The evaluation of forage and feedstuffs composition
Description:
Excel tool. It calculates the energy and nutritional evaluation of forages or feedstuff in general, taking into account the common analysis values. It is based on the equations from INRA 2007. Really useful to estimate the energy content of forage, concentrate or compound feed in order to be more accurate in the feeding recommendations or in the diet evaluation.
It is able to calculate the protein fractions (PDIE, PDIN) and ration balance as well, and to provide some data about the digestibility, degradation ratio and other nutritional parameters from INRA databases.
Topic: Nutrition
Production: Dairy/Meat
Animal Category: All
Issue: Forage feed value
Level of Solution: Practical
Country: Spain

How to implement
Download the file in your computer (free)
Expected benefits
- Better information about the features of rations
- More appropriate use of forages
- Feeding based on estimated expected yields
Prerequisites and/or limits
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Microsoft Excel 2016
Information Sources / Useful links
NANTA S.A., GESTIMILK MODEL