SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER MODELS OF ANIMAL FEED

摘要

The present application provides systems and methods for analyzing animal feeds and for adjusting animal feeds to improve the digestibility of animal feed components. Digestibility of animal feed can be determined by performing in vitro digestion of the feed and analyzing concentrations of residual components in the digested feed by NIR spectroscopy. Animal feed compositions can be adjusted to improve digestibility of components in the feed. The systems and methods of the present application can be used to determine the effect of an additive on the digestibility of feed.

主权项

1. A method of developing a computer model for analyzing feed comprising steps of:
(a) digesting a plurality of samples of animal feed in vitro using at least one enzyme to generate a plurality of digested animal feed samples, wherein each of the plurality of digested animal feed samples comprises at least one residual component; (b) scanning each of the plurality of digested animal feed samples using NIR spectroscopy to generate spectral data for each of the plurality of digested animal feed samples; (c) determining the concentration of the at least one residual component in each of the plurality of digested animal feed samples using a wet chemistry method; and (d) generating a computer model by establishing a predictive relationship between the concentration of the at least one residual component of each of the plurality of digested animal feed samples to the spectral data of a corresponding sample of the plurality of digested animal feed samples.