Modeling Committee
The function of this group is to serve the animal nutrition research community by improving the use of predictive technologies and tools, to best utilize available platforms, and to work with researchers to effectively share, combine, manage, manipulate, and analyze models and modeling information.
Committee Members
Robin White
Mark D. Hanigan
Mike VandeHaar
Michigan State University
Dairy Nutrition
(517) 230-7460
Heidi A. Rossow
Luis O. Tedeschi
Timothy J. Hackmann
Peter R. Ferket
Nathalie Trottier
Dominique P. Bureau
Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondon
Sarah H. White-Springer
Aline Remus
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Sherbrooke R&D
Swine Precision Feeding and Nutrition
Arthur L. Goetsch
Hector M. Menendez III
Emiliano Raffrenato
RUM&N Consulting, Stellenbosch University
Ruminant Nutrition and Modeling
(33) 832-9053
Todd R. Callaway
University of Georgia
Ruminant Nutrition, Monogastric and Ruminant Microbiology
Objectives
- Coordinate with the NRC to support model development and maintenance.
- Identify needs to achieve a cross-species comprehensive feed database.
- Develop a database of observed data that could be used for model testing.
- Develop guidelines for data reporting in publications to better serve nutrient response model development.
- Provide guidance for future development of nutrient availability models.
- Identify methods to allow the use of a common software platform across species.
- Provide guidance regarding deployment of open vs locked model code.
Accomplishments
Software Downloads: Nutrient Requirement Models (Compatible with Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit machines):
- NRC Beef model (1996, 2000): Beef Set Up 1.0.3
- NRC Dairy model (2001): Dairy Set Up 1.1.9
Supportive Documentation for Above Programs: