Name: Duangdaw Sirisatien Course: PHD;STAT Department: Department of Statistics Staff Supervisor: Prof. Graham Wood Email Address: dsirisat@efs.mq.edu.au Thesis Title Optimal Animal Nutrition

Abstract

For many decades now, linear programming has been used to produce least cost diets for use in animal production. This is possible when there is control over feeding, in particular for the production of pigs and chickens.

The advent of accurate animal growth models which integrate the knowledge of nutrient utilization for animal growth and genotype of animals into a computer program , together with recent developments in nonlinear programming, has made it possible to extend this traditional activity * it is now possible to maximise profitability per animal place per year. This involves simultaneously minimising feed costs and maximising market return.

Publication

"Designing an optimal pig feeding schedule in southern Thailand" Authors: Duangdaw Sirisatien, Graham Wood, Patrick Morel and Yuthana Siriwathananukul. Submitted to the 43rd Kasetsart University Annual Conference, 1-4 February 2005.