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Publication Date
2005
Location
Dublin Ireland
Description
Until recently, feed evaluation of silages in official laboratories and feed factories was based on cutting date, chemical composition and the ammonia fraction. However, in vitro techniques have been developed based on rumen fluid or commercial enzymes to replace laborious, time-consuming and expensive digestibility experiments with animals. In this study the possibility of using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the chemical composition and digestibility of maize silage was examined.
Citation
Park, H. S.; Lee, J. K.; Ko, H. J.; Lee, H. Y.; and Kil, D. Y., "Prediction of the Feed Values of Maize Silage by Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy" (2005). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 200.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/themeA/200)
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Prediction of the Feed Values of Maize Silage by Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy
Dublin Ireland
Until recently, feed evaluation of silages in official laboratories and feed factories was based on cutting date, chemical composition and the ammonia fraction. However, in vitro techniques have been developed based on rumen fluid or commercial enzymes to replace laborious, time-consuming and expensive digestibility experiments with animals. In this study the possibility of using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict the chemical composition and digestibility of maize silage was examined.
