Satellite Symposium 2: Silage
Description
Key points
- Chemical analysis of forages is expensive, time consuming, environmentally unfriendly and relates poorly to the feed value for production purposes.
- In vivo characterisation of animal feed is not a feasible option in terms of cost and analysis time.
- NIRS is a rapid, non destructive, environmentally friendly, multi-analytical technique which can estimate the nutritive value of the feed.
- NIRS predictive equations developed on a master instrument can be transferred to local and international sites.
- Future assessment of forages necessitates rapid, stable, instrumentation for ‘in field’ studies.
Citation
Park, R. S.; Agnew, R. E.; and Porter, M. G., "Recent Developments in Methods to Characterise the Chemical and Biological Parameters of Grass Silage" (2023). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 65.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellitesymposium2/65
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Recent Developments in Methods to Characterise the Chemical and Biological Parameters of Grass Silage
Key points
- Chemical analysis of forages is expensive, time consuming, environmentally unfriendly and relates poorly to the feed value for production purposes.
- In vivo characterisation of animal feed is not a feasible option in terms of cost and analysis time.
- NIRS is a rapid, non destructive, environmentally friendly, multi-analytical technique which can estimate the nutritive value of the feed.
- NIRS predictive equations developed on a master instrument can be transferred to local and international sites.
- Future assessment of forages necessitates rapid, stable, instrumentation for ‘in field’ studies.
