Dinamica Generale AgriNIR, Operator'S Manual

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Use AgriNIR™ Analyzer Rev. A11
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6 Use of the Portable AgriNIR™ Analysis
System
6.1 NIR Parameters and NIR Families
In case of standard calibrations package , the portable analysis system AgriNIR™
can analyze till to a max of
7
chemical parameters for a max of
7
feed components categories of most
common use in cattle breeding.
In all NIR analysis systems produced by
and therefore also for AgriNIR™ it is
defined:
NIR Parameters all chemical parameters analyzable by an optical NIR analysis system
NIR Families the categories or families of feed components analyzable by an optical NIR
analysis system
For cattle feeding, the list of all chemical NIR parameters that can be analyzed for each NIR family is
expressed in the following table:
NIR chemical
parameters that
can be analyzed in
every NIR Family
DG standard
calibrations package
NIR Chemical Parameters
Moisture
( Humidity ) Starch
Crude
Protein
ADF NDF Ash
Crude Fat
( Ether
Extract )
NI
R Fam
ili
es
CORN SILAGE
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
HAY
YES NO YES YES YES YES YES
HIGH
MOISTURE
CORN
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
ALFALFA HAY
YES NO YES YES YES YES YES
GRASS SILAGE
YES NO YES YES YES YES YES
T.M.R.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
SOYBEAN
FLOUR
YES NO YES NO YES YES YES
It is necessary to keep this table in mind while defining with DGNirManager the feed components to
analyze.
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The a.m. definition of the NIR families and therefore of the feed components categories
analyzable by NIR systems, is subjected to market requests and intends to include all feed
components mostly used in cattle breeding. Moreover, depending on the usage of the AgriNIR™
system (according to the NIR Calibrations carried out by specialized laboratories) it is possible to
create NIR Families that are completely different from those mentioned here (e.g. NIR family for
Olive Husk).