Technical Computation of Animal Diet Formulation: A Review-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS - OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES Introduction This article provides the general understanding of the computer programs, excel spreadsheets and software used for the livestock feed mix formulation. Various computer programs, excel spreadsheets and software have been developed for formulating optimal livestock diet. Most of the programs and software, developed for the formulation of livestock diet are based on linear programming technique which provides least cost diet formulation. Some of the programs are formulating animal diet on the basis of combination of two or more mathematical programming techniques. Abbreviations PRP: Profession Ration Package Computer Programs Jones et al. [ 1 ] developed a research program for computerized feeding management system for field service program. This was a multi-stage project for the Southern US states an