ADISSEO LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE VERSION OF THE RHODIMET®
NUTRITION GUIDE. In July 2013, Adisseo published the new version of Rhodimet®
Nutrition Guide, RNG,
gathering the amino acid recommendations for poultry, swine and aquaculture. After a flip-chart version developed in august, e-RNG 2.0, the interactive version is now available on Personal Computer or on tablets (iPad and Android). The e-RNG 2.0 is an interactive tool
which supplies amino acid requirements of an extensive range of animal species and strains, and provides total, digestible composition and digestibility coefficients of amino acids in raw materials. In addition, the amino acid composition of
more than 30 different raw materials is added in a separate section. This data is extracted from PNE, Precise Nutrition Evaluation, the NIR Service from Adisseo. PNE allows the prediction of digestible
amino acids, metabolizable energy and phytic phosphorus of raw materials, on the basis of a unique in-vivo database built on more than 200 digestibility trials carried out in Adisseo Centre of Expertise and Research Nutrition (CERN, France). Based on an innovative modelling
approach developed initially by Pierre-André Geraert, Innovation Marketing Director at Adisseo, the amino acid requirements are expressed in gram/animal/day according to weight gain (or egg mass). The initial version was based on the
data available in 2002. Many people were interested to check if the modelling approach was still valid on more recent data. As a consequence, the present version is using all the new published works till 2012, confirming the methodology for a larger number of essential amino acids. This approach gives a simple way to adjust amino acid recommendations to field
results more precisely than a constant amino acid to lysine ratio. They are adaptable to standard or
specific conditions and various feeding programmes. Free of charge, the e-RNG 2.0 is
accessible via the Adisseo Brands website (
http://feedsolutions.adisseo.com) for Personal Computers or via App Store and Google Play for tablets. In order to access the e-RNG 2.0, users only need to download the application, and get an access code for the first connexion.
DA I R Y R E POR T S HOWS ENCOURAGING TRENDS AND
SETS NEW TARGETS FOR 2014 New targets for dairy producers have just been published in the latest Key Performance Indicators report for the UK national dairy herd. Produced by the Veterinary Epidemiology & Economics Research Unit at the University of Reading and using milk recording information from 500 NMR herds, this latest report quotes more stringent targets for most parameters and especially for somatic cell count and fertility criteria. “This is the fourth consecutive year that
the report has been published for Holstein/ Friesian herds,” says James Hanks, joint author of the report with Mohamad Kossaibati. “Each year we compare the 12 month performance of 500 NMR herds of varying herd size and type. “There is a high overlap in the herds
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included from one year to the next and they are all uniformly monitored to give consistent and comparable data. We quote the median – mid point – as well as the level achieved for each parameter by the top and bottom 25% of herds. The result achieved by the best 25% of herds provides a tangible target for each producer.” Whilst Dr Hanks guards against
monitoring trends, he does point out that performance across the board is improving in all herds. “The best are getting better but the weaker herds are also improving. This is especially evident in somatic cell count results where results have improved in the four years from 2010 to 2013. “Out of the 500 herds, the median
average somatic cell count has improved from 210,000/ml to 195,000/ml. Meanwhile the level achieved by the ‘best’ 25%of herds has set a new target of 155,000/ml, a marked improvement from 169,000/ml four years ago.”
Likewise heat detection indicators are
encouraging with the calving to first service interval moving from 87 days to 77 days and the percentage of extended service intervals of more than 50 days dropping form 22% to 18% of service intervals in the four year period. “The real purpose of these results is to
stimulate discussion and management action between producers and their advisers,” adds Dr Hanks. “In one in four herds only 17% of milk samples have cell counts above 200,000/ ml. This is a realistic target for other herds to aspire to.” Data from the study is used directly
by NMR’s InterHerd+ dairy management program. Through this program producers, their vets and advisers can benchmark individual herd performance for 32 parameters against that of the 500 study herds. The strengths and weaknesses of the herd can then be clearly identified. The report ‘Key performance indicators
for the UK dairy herd’ can be downloaded from
www.nmr.co.uk
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