Golden Cob Throws Their Weight Behind The Research Into The Nutritional Requirements Of The Gouldian

The University of NSW settled on using Golden Cob Premium Seed Mix after trialing a number of other brands.

It had the benefit of being coated with the oil based vitamins and a probiotic as well as being virtually dust free. They also found that it appears to be virtually free of Indian Meal Moth [ Codling moth ]  More importantly the birds liked it which meant there was less waste!

In a recent generous move, Golden Cob have sponsored the work of the University of NSW and Dr Sarah Pryke with a tonne of their premium finch mix and a pledge to continue the support well into the future.
With the number of wild type Gouldians being bred up at the research centre, close to the 600 mark, we certainly can put their gift to great use!

Golden Cob's donation greatly assists the Save The Gouldian Fund’s efforts to fund research into the nutritional needs of the Gouldian finch which will ultimately be of tremendous benefit to us all.

We invite all Gouldian Fund supporters and finch lovers to show your appreciation to Golden Cob by giving them your support whenever possible.

 On behalf of us all here at the Fund and the University, thanks to Gary Warren and all at Golden Cob for their interest and support.

 GOLDEN COB SPECIFICATION

Over view:

Crude protein 14%

Fat 5%

Crude Fibre 10%.

Detail:

Aspartic acid            0.99g

Glutamic acid            2.84g

Serine                        0.74g

Glycine                       0.49g

Histidine                    0.32g

Free Taurine             not detected

Arginine                     0.78g

Threonine                  0.48g

Alanine                       1.07g

Proline                       0.8g

Tyrosine                     0.4g

Valine                         0.73g

Methionine                 0.34g

Cystine                       0.22g

Isoleucine                  0.57g

Leucine                      1.43g

Phenylalanine            0.69g

Lysine                        0.3g

Trypthophan              0.2g

 Vitamins added - A, D3 and E

 All Golden Cob Seeds are cleaned on site - after seed is received, it goes though a grading system with numerous screens which also remove the majority of foreign material.  When seeds are mixed to create a blend, it goes through a number of aspirators to remove loose husks, dust and foreign material.