Medicated Feed Additive and Serial Dilutor Calculator

The purpose of this calculator is to dilute a concentrated form of a medicated feed for increased accuracy of mixing

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Target medicated feed intake 70 mg/animal Required Entry Cells
Calculated Cells
HERD AND FEED INPUTS Calculated Mixing Results
Number of animals in the feeding group 50 animals
Average size of animals in the feeding group 600 lbs/animal
Target daily medicated feed intake 70 mg/animal
Dose per unit of weight 0.117 mg/lb weight
Target daily supplemental feed rate 5 lb/animal
Total daily supplement feed for the group 250 lb/d
Target batch mix size 2000 lb
Number of days feeding per batch 8.0 days

Concentration of Medicated Feed Article 50 g/lb

DILUTE 1 Total Amount

Amount of concentrated medicated feed 1 lb Dilute 1 2 lbs
Amount of non-medicated feed supplement for dilution 1 lb
Concentration of Final Dilute 1 Medicated Feed 25 g/lb If the total amount of Dilute 1 is
used to make Dilute 2, available
DILUTE 2 Dilute 2 = 4 lbs
Amount of DILUTE 1 Medicated Feed 1 lb
Amount of non-medicated feed supplement for dilution 1 lb
Concentration of Final Dilute 2 Medicated Feed 12.5 g/lb If the total amount of Dilute 1 is
used to make Dilute 2 and the
DILUTE 3 total amount of Dilute 2 used
Amount of DILUTE 2 Medicated Feed 1 lb to make Dilute 3, available
Amount of non-medicated feed supplement for dilution 1 lb Dilute 3 = 8 lbs
Concentration of Final Dilute 3 Medicated Feed 6.25 g/lb

MIXING SUMMARY
Calculated concentration of medicated feed per batch 14 mg/lb
Quantity that would be needed per 2000 lb batch mix
medicated non-medicated total
Mixed Feed Options feed lbs feed lbs feed lbs
Option 1 Fully concentrated medicated feed article 0.56 + 1999.44 = 2000
Option 2 Dilute 1 medicated feed mix 1.12 + 1998.88 = 2000
Option 3 Dilute 2 medicated feed mix 2.24 + 1997.76 = 2000
Option 4 Dilute 3 medicated feed mix 4.48 + 1995.52 = 2000
Choose the number of dilutions for a final mix option that is most accurate and practical.

Unit Converter 0.25 lbs = 4.0 oz = 114 g

Developed by: Shane Gadberry, Professor Animal Science