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NDS Professional
Designed to support field nutritionists with nutrition management and 'on-site' decision making, NDS Professional is a platform developed around the latest version of the CNCPS v6.55/v6.56 dynamic model, using licensed technology from and in collaboration with Cornell Department of Animal Science. The platform is an evolving application and it is continuously updated, as the results of new research are available, and as updates of the biological model are released by Cornell University.
An easy layout for nutritionists, designed by nutritionists, NDS accurately predicts nutrient requirements and supply in each unique production situation for all types of animals. With linear and non-linear optimizers, use this tool to support the design and evaluations of diets to manage your farms at best!
*You can formulate new rations based on available feeds to meet the nutritional guidelines for a group of animals.
*You can evaluate rations after they have been fed to help understand why performance goals were reached or not.
*You can compare rations options to see which feeds can help to lower feed costs or nutrient excretion.
*Finally, you can use NDS to design custom feeds and premix sending them out to feed mills.
CNCPS biology and MUCH MORE!
*Rumen pH sub-model: increase the accuracy and sensitivity in the rumen pH prediction, in order to better control the risks of ruminal Acidosis (SARA)
*Predictive milk fat sub model: estimate the expected variations in Milk Fat Concentration and Milk Fat Yield, helping to better manage cases of Milk Fat Depression and maximize milk fat.
*Water sub model: quantify intake and effects of water supply to lactating cows.
*P-Size assessment tool: facilitate the identification of the actual physically effective fiber in ration and the sortability of TMR.
*Well-Being assessment tool: well-being risks tab including a list of nutrients and other parameters related to nutritional health risks for lactating, dry cows and heifers.
*Activity Calculator and Management Environment Model: better quantify the activity of the cows and show the current scenario about the social interaction on resting time, DMI prediction and rumen pH.
*Milk Step-Feeding tool: tool designed to feed cows according to their level of production and to manage the amount and quality of grain that the cow is consuming with Automatic Milking System (AMS).
*Grazing Tool: predicts the daily DMI for cattle grazing either grass, legume or mixed based-pastures.
*Moving average resampling: resampling a feed with average values, calculated from a series of samples, each stored in a different XML file.
*Calf Model: enhancement in our understanding to milk or liquid feeding in young calves.
*Beef Growth Model: simulate beef cattle growth and related body composition for different animal types under various nutritional conditions.
Start with the Base Package and customize your software with an alacarte menu depending on your needs:
BASIC PACKAGE
*Cattle Model (Dairy and Beef)
*Optimizer (linear and non-linear)
*RUM&N Feed Library
*CNCPS Feed Library
ADDITIONAL MODULES
*Composites Formulation
*Water Buffalo Model (Dairy)
*Small Ruminant Module
*Feed Inventory
*NDS SQL Server
Your NDS Professional subscription will come with our technical support and access to Extension Services provided by our NDS Americas Team:
Nutritional & Management Support
We provide assistance and support to allow producers and nutritionists to make the most educated management decisions. Our support system allows application of the most current biology available for ruminant nutrition. Our focus is to support the following activities:
*study of nutrition and feeding plans
*study and optimization of individual rations
*analysis of utilization of off-farms feeds
*chemical analysis and nutritional evaluation of available feeds
*support of the quality improvement of forages and storage techniques
*impediments to management
*implementation of management systems
*analysis of production costs
*analysis of economic and technical results
Formulation Support
We provide services for the formulation activities of the modern feed supplier. Our focus is to support the following activities:
*design and formulation of new feeding products
*establishment of optimization constraints with cost analysis
*verification and management of Feed Banks
*nutritional analysis of available raw materials
*support of research and development efforts
Training
We understand the need to promote high efficiency, productivity, and competitiveness throughout the animal feed industry. Our goal is to provide comprehensive technical training using the most current scientific research available. Users will have training and support ranging from the most basic level to the needs of the highly specialized professional. Our training services support the following activities:
*basic nutrition training of sales agents
*advanced training of nutritionists
*training to improve knowledges on biological software
*training on advanced use of dynamic nutritional software
*training regarding the collection of a farm's technical data and then evaluating the results.