for fish nutrition experiment i need to formulate iso-nitrogenous and iso-caloric feed. so i am in search for a simple way to calculate it with an number of ingresients.
Dear Hussain
There are so many software available to make a formula but they may be an expansive. By using Microsoft Excel itself we could make a formula for any fed animals. There are wide range of ingredients with various nutrient composition and price. Giving a preference to the cheapest and friendly available ingredients is always desirable and at the same time the selected ingredient has to be accepted by the cultured species without having any negative impact.
Prior to formulation ensure the following
1. Nutrient composition ingredients used for a formulation
2. Nutrient requirement of cultured species
Notwithstanding, having a knowledge on the range of inclusion level of each ingredients is vital. Since, the inclusion level of ingredients is not same and would be differ animal to animal.
You can use any software to do this
Or you can use trial and error method which I recommend. And you can use person square method.
Name any software that u recommend.. pearson method is only for cp. But i have to iso-caloric formulation also..
Different software are available that you can search for. Some could be found free or trial version. Other wise you can use Pearson Square formula as a thumb role, in this case trial and error method could help to decide the exact amount.
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