Controlling Variability in Poultry Feeding

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Controlling Variability in Poultry Feeding

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June 28, 2019 advancia academy, broilers, conference, errors, fast growing birds, formulating, formulation, heterogeneity, ingredients, layers, laying hens, measurements, NIR, poultry, slow growers, statistics, variability

Speaker: Dr Rick KLEYN (Spesfeed, South Africa)

Presentation:
NIRS appears an efficient tool to monitor the variability of ingredients for the feed manufacturers particularly on a daily basis.

Advancia Academy 2019

Variability: the nutritionist’s nightmare:

How to monitor its impact to improve feed formulation?

Feed is the largest contributor to the cost of animal protein production. It is therefore, the main cause of uncertainty and anxiety for nutritionists and feed formulators. Dealing with variability to prepare consistent feeds is the objective of nutritionists worldwide.

There are no bad raw materials… only wrongly evaluated and incorrectly used raw materials.