A profit-maximising beef cattle finishing model. [Conference paper].

Barker D.J.; Falconer D.A.; May P.J.

A profit-maximising beef cattle finishing model. [Conference paper].

1986

Barker D.J. | Falconer D.A. | May P.J.

The structure and equations of the model are described. Inputs are costs and characteristics of available feedstuffs, present characteristics of cattle, target carcass characteristics and use of growth promotants and-or fermentation modifier. Outputs include composition of least-cost diet and target liveweight. The microcomputer programme is in Pascal and runs under CP-M 80, CP-M 86, MS-DOS or PC-DOS.

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aliment pour animaux beef cattle bovin de boucherie computer software diet dieta feeds ganado de carne linear models logiciel modelos lineales piensos precios prices prix programas de ordenador

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Published in

Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production (Australia). v. 16.

ISSN 0728-5965

Other Subjects

Modele lineaire; Regime alimentaire

Language

English

Note

13 ref. Summary (En). AVAILABILITY: AGRIS/ABOA Coordinator, CSIRO Inf. Services, POB 89, East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia.

Type

Monograph; Conference Paper; Conference Part; Summary

Conference

16. Biennial Conference. Australian Society of Animal Production. Animal Production in Australia. Canberra, A.C.T. (Australia). Feb 1986.

Corporate Author

Western Australian Dept. of Agriculture, Perth

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A profit-maximising beef cattle finishing model. [Conference paper].

1986

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