<p>Through the colour codes assigned to individual nutrients PC-Horse allows you to keep track of the origin of the values listed in your feeds. Through the colour codes you will get an additional tool for your quality control of the feed which you give your horses.  The feed tables in PC-Horse has 3 coloumns where we for each nutrient give - the <em>name,</em> the <em>value</em> and the <em>unit</em>.</p>
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<p><strong>Colour coding of the nutrient NAME.</strong></p>
<p>A <strong>white</strong> background signifies that the nutrient value is imported by means of a datafile from your feed laboratory or is a feed originating from your national guaranty feed list. Such values are listed as analysed or as provided by the feed producer, and can therefore not be changed by the user.</p>
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<p>A <strong>grey</strong> background signifies that the nutrient value is provided from a template feed, or entered by the PC-Horse user. You may change such values at any time, provided that you have a more "correct" value. Doubleclick the value field - give your new value - and move to the next nutrient in the table. You may change the nutrient as many times as you wish. The change is available in ration planning when you have saved the feed. (You may reedit the values at any time).</p>
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<p><strong><strong>Colour coding of the nutrient VALUE.</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>GREEN or YELLOW?</strong> - A <strong>green value</strong> originates from a laboratory datafile or from a guaranty feed. A <strong>yellow value</strong> is a recommended value from a template feed provided by PC-Horse when you created a feed of your own, or imported a feed as an xml-file (from a laboratory).</p>
<p>Nutrients with <em>white background and a green value are the most reliable.</em> They contain exact numbers from an analysis of your own roughage. Concentrates and vitamin- and mineral mixtures with this coulour coding are equally reliable, as they are given by feed producers collaborating with PC-Horse, or originate from official feed tables.</p>
<p><em>Nutrients with <em>white background and a yellow value</em></em> are taken from template feeds which you have selected, or which were included when you imported a feed analysis file. These values may be changed. Template feed data will never be 100% representative for your own roughage, since wether, soil and harvest conditions and botanical composition will always vary. However, since template feeds are taken from official feed tables, they will in most sitiuations be more reliable than values you have entered yourself from your own sources. In addition, the template feeds gives "a best estimate" for all the minerals and vitamins which are not analysed routinely in roughages.</p>
<p>NOTE! A value of 0 with yellow or green mark means that the amount of this nutrient is zero (0) in the feed.</p>
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<p><strong><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Worth noting</span> <span class="hps">when it comes to</span> <span class="hps">your own</span> <span class="hps">user settings</span>!</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="hps">RED</span></strong> <span class="hps">-</span> <span class="hps">After changing</span> <span class="hps">a value</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span>and saved <span class="hps">the feed)</span> <span class="hps">so</span> <span class="hps">changing</span> <span class="hps">the background</span> <span class="hps">color</span> <span class="hps">to red.</span><br /> <span class="hps">Then you know that</span> <span class="hps">this</span> <span class="hps">is a value that</span> <span class="hps">you yourself</span> <span class="hps">are responsible.</span> <span class="hps">Keep in mind that</span> <span class="hps">there is a risk</span> <span class="hps">of making mistakes.</span> <span class="hps">You might</span> <span class="hps">read on</span> <span class="hps">the bag</span> <span class="hps">where the</span> <span class="hps">values are given</span> <span class="hps">in%.</span> <span class="hps">You might have</span> <span class="hps">an import</span> <span class="hps">feed in which</span> <span class="hps">the protein is</span> <span class="hps">crude protein</span> <span class="hps">and not</span> <span class="hps">digestible</span> <span class="hps atn">protein (</span>what <span class="hps">the horse</span> <span class="hps">can assimilate</span>). <span class="hps">You</span> <span class="hps">may have been told</span> <span class="hps">that some</span> <span class="hps">"natural"</span> <span class="hps">additives</span> <span class="hps">in the feed</span> <span class="hps">to have</span> <span class="hps">magical properties</span> <span class="hps">of certain nutrients</span> <span class="hps">so you</span> <span class="hps">should</span> <span class="hps">write down</span> <span class="hps">the value of this</span>.</p>
<p><span class="hps">The same thing happens</span> <span class="hps">when you choose to</span> <span class="hps">create a custom</span> <span class="hps">feed</span> <span class="hps">without using the</span> <span class="hps">template</span> <span class="hps">feed</span>. <span class="hps">Then</span> <span class="hps">open</span> <span class="hps">the new food with</span> <span class="hps">all values</span> <span class="hps">in red and</span> <span class="hps">with</span> <span class="hps">0</span> <span class="hps">values.</span> <span class="hps">And it is</span> <span class="hps">logical</span> <span class="hps">because it is</span> <span class="hps">You</span> <span class="hps">who have taken</span> <span class="hps">the decision to start</span> <span class="hps">your</span> <span class="hps">feed without</span> <span class="hps">values.</span> <span class="hps">These</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">then modify</span> <span class="hps">as you wish.</span></p>
<p><span class="hps">Renaming</span> <span class="hps">feed</span> <span class="hps">- you can do</span> <span class="hps">for yourself</span> <span class="hps">in the name field</span>.</p>
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<p><span id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The <strong>blue</strong> color</span> <span class="hps">indicates</span> <span class="hps">only that it</span> <span class="hps">is the value that</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">currently selected</span><span>.</span></span></p>