NASCalf Tables
Hello, and welcome to the NASCalf Knowledge Base. In this video, we’ll take a closer look at the tables available within the Scientific screen and how to use them to evaluate simulation results.
After running a simulation, you’ll see a combination of charts and tables on the Scientific screen. The tables are primarily located on the right side of the screen, with several smaller summary tables in the center. Unlike the Performance screen, which focuses on charts, the Scientific screen is where you’ll find detailed tabular results. For that reason, our discussion of tables will focus here.
The main tables summarize feed composition and animal performance over the course of the study. They include average values for the entire simulation, as well as performance broken out by age periods—zero to two months, two to four months, and zero to four months.
You can resize any column by clicking and dragging the right edge of the column header, making it easier to view individual values. The feed composition tables show energy characteristics of the liquid, grain, and forage programs, including average gross energy, digestibility, and crude protein, both by feed type and overall. Protein fractions such as metabolizable protein, rumen undegradable protein, and rumen degradable protein are also displayed.
The daily performance tables summarize growth and intake characteristics for each age period, allowing you to compare early, post-weaning, and overall performance across the simulation.
The smaller tables in the center of the screen provide key summary statistics. These include feed cost, average daily gain before and after weaning, and the number of low-growth days. Low-growth days are defined as days when gain falls below a critical target—less than 0.4 kilograms per day before weaning, and less than 0.7 kilograms per day after weaning. In this example, calves experience 11 days with average daily gain below 400 grams per day. These tables also report weaning information and the age at which calves double their birth body weight.
Each table includes simple export tools. If you left-click on a table, you’ll see a red flash, indicating that the table’s data has been copied to the clipboard and can be pasted into another application, such as Excel. If you right-click on a table, you’ll see a green flash, and a JPEG image of the table will be created. This image can be pasted into programs like PowerPoint or Excel for presentations or reports.
That wraps up our overview of the tables on the Scientific screen. Be sure to explore other NASCalf Knowledge Base videos to learn more about how to get the most from the program. Thanks for watching.
