The use of non-conventional feed resources (NCFR) either as replacement or as a supplement in the nutrition of livestock is discussed in this paper. The shortage of feed resources for livestock and poultry feeding diverted majority of research in the field of animal nutrition to look into possibilities to overcome this nutritional crisis. A possible and perhaps the most viable proposition could...

Shane Gadberry, Ph.D. Associate Professor ­ Animal Science Feeding supplemental protein or energy to beef cattle consuming a forage­based diet should be viewed as an investment in cattle health and performance. Considering the large selection of supplemental feeds avail­ able, selecting the right feed is a daunting task. As an investment, supplemental feed is necessary to complement the forag...

controller structure is made by taking a traditional servo mechanism based on Linear Quadratic approach and by augmenting a new state variable to the feed forward loop. Since the controller structure is consists of a standard optimal feedback regulator and a feed forward controller, it is able to enhance the usefulness of resources and to reduce unnecessary memory reservations such as RAM (Rand...