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
Mark Hanigan
Chair
Virginia Tech University
Dairy Nutrition
(540) 231-0967
Ermias Kebreab
University of California-Davis
Environmental Nutrition
(530) 752-5907
Mike VandeHaar
Michigan State University
Dairy Nutrition
(517) 230-7460
Heidi A. Rossow
Luis O. Tedeschi
Timothy J. Hackmann
John McNamara
Washington State University
Ruminant Nutrition
(509) 335-4113
Peter R. Ferket
Nathalie Trottier
Michigan State University
Swine Nutrition
(517) 432-5140
Dominique P. Bureau
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: