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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2003
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2008
Assignee:
CAN Technologies
Inventors:
Christiaan P. A. van de Ligt, Mark D. Newcomb, W. Michael Craig, David A. Cook