Optimized feed planning for a grazing horse production systems.
AUTOR(ES)
OLIVEIRA, J. E. G. de
FONTE
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2011
RESUMO
The objective of this study was to develop an economically optimal plan for pasture production and supplementary feeding of horses. The plan was based on the optimization of a multiperiodic linear programming model with the objective of minimizing overall feeding costs, subject to the nutritional constraints of each horse category. The model encompasses a period of one year, from January to December, divided in bimonthly periods. Technical coefficients varied among periods based on local information regarding productivity of the forage crops, taking into account the local climatic conditions and seasonality of production. Literature data on feed nutritional value (crude protein and digestible energy), dry matter intake and nutritional requirements of the horses were also used as technical coefficients. Optimization results allow concluding that it is possible to reduce significantly the feeding costs in the horse production system by decreasing supplementation and substituting the commercial concentrate by the oat grain produced in the local.
ASSUNTO(S)
balanceamento de dieta modelagem programação linear ration balancing modeling linear programming
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