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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
1989; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-140-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 580; Dairy; Corn grain; Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS)
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A Rapid Method Of Analysis Of Corn Grain Fordairy Cattle (1989), G. Garcia, R. Malvetti, L.H. Harbers
A Rapid Method Of Analysis Of Corn Grain Fordairy Cattle (1989), G. Garcia, R. Malvetti, L.H. Harbers
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Calibration equations for near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) have been either purchased from the manufacturer or developed in the laboratory. Comparative analysis with standard laboratory procedures indicate that NIRS may be used for analyzing dairy feedstuffs, when proper calibration is made with local feedstuffs. NIRS is a new, rapid method of analyzing feedstuffs that reduces the time from several days to one minute or more after grinding and subsampling. The instrument needs to be calibrated from nutrient analyses made in the laboratory. Many calibrations may be purchased from the manufacturer of the instrument; however, we have found that many Kansas …