Monitoring Nutritional Utilization in the Digital Age.
Using Modern Technology to Improve Livestock Production, Sustainability, Efficiency, and more…
Real-time monitoring of animal’s optimal nutrient utilization can be problematic and time consuming in commercial operations. Recent developments in sensor technology, and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), have made production more streamlined and efficient. Digitization has allowed livestock producers to optimize their operations to create better systems, less environmental impact, lower production costs, and produce a better finished product.
Remote sensors have been developed to monitor nutritional utilization by livestock, in real time, under most conditions. Artificial Intelligence software is available for real-time monitoring of all measurable information, 24.7, keeping records and making decisions based on that information, all autonomously. Employing sensor technology and Artificial Intelligence can result in significant improvements regarding efficiency, sustainability, and quality.
Factors Involved in Determining the Efficiency of Nutritional Utilization
Nutritional utilization is a valuable factor to consider, as it relates directly to the environmental impact of livestock production, utilization of resources, and overall production efficiency. Nutritional Utilization represents the ratio of nutritional supply vs. nutritional requirements under varying circumstances and desired results. Nutritional supply is the amount of feed, and the nutritional composition of the feed itself.
Nutritional requirements for any specific animal, or group of animals, depend on their basic biological maintenance needs, as well as their zootechnical performance, genetic factors, and how the current environment affects them (heat, cold, damp, humidity, crowding, immunological challenges, etc.). There are five basic factors to consider when determining nutritional requirements. These are: Maintenance, Growth, Reproduction, Lactation or Egg-Laying. These are variable and constantly changing. Determining nutritional utilization can allow producers to implement feeding strategies to obtain maximum performance and efficiency under varying conditions.
The determination of nutritional requirements can be problematic for many reasons. An individual animal’s requirements can differ widely due to: gender, health, environment, age, genetics, etc. To be efficient, in theory, nutritional req...
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