RBFY Pen-Level DMI Spatial Analysis
Description
This report characterizes spatial patterns of dry matter intake (DMI) across pens at Royal Beef Feedyard using operational data from June 2022 to current. The analytical unit is the pen-week. To be included, a pen-week was required to represent a designated feeding pen with a weekly average of at least 30 animals, have at least five days of feeding records during the week, and maintain consistent lot occupancy throughout the week. Hospital, receiving, processing, sort, and shipping were excluded.
Descriptive DMI heat maps
DMI / animal
DMI as % body weight (BW)
DMI as % metabolic body weight (MBW)
Filterable map by key factors
DMI as % metabolic body weight
June 2022 to current
Combinations pre-computed: 60
Pen-combination rows: 16049
The color scale anchors to the minimum and maximum values within the currently selected combination (i.e., the legend scale changes with each change to filterable parameters).
Baseline mixed model
Descriptive statistics of outcome and candidate variables
Continuous
Categorical
Rations
Model data prep
Liearity assessment of continuous predictors
Final mixed model
Diagnostics
Blup extraction
Model adjusted heatmap
Color scale limits: ± 1.972 lb/hd/day
Pens beyond color limit: 4