• Thematic area:
• Food and nutrition
• Productive system:
• Bovine livestock
• Geographic coverage:

• National

Description

Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is used to determine the nutritional value of forages. It allows, in a fast and economical way —compared to the wet chemistry methodology— to know precisely the exact composition of the nutrients of forages, which helps to improve the safety margins and optimize the use of available food resources. This, in turn, contributes to the generation of timely information that reduces analysis costs concerning traditional methodologies by wet chemistry and reduces feeding costs that producers must cover since it allows them to define the supplement that animals must provide with the nutritional quality of the forage.

The producer can access the  AlimenTro platform to optimize the decision-making process by having access to information on the chemical composition of forages according to their geographical location (department and municipality), phenological state (cutting or grazing age), and agroclimatic condition (time of year).

The network of analytical chemistry laboratories provides the service and includes the following parameters: dry matter, crude protein, ethereal extract, ash, NDF, and ADF.

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Associated publications

• Foldable: Tecnología NIRS para el análisis rápido y confiable de la composición química de forrajes tropicales [NIRS technology for fast and reliable analysis of the chemical composition of tropical forages].

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