TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of near-infrared spectroscopy to predict energy content of commercial dog food
AU - Hervera, M.
AU - Castrillo, C.
AU - Albanell, E.
AU - Baucells, M. D.
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is used in the pet food industry for rapid assessment of several macronutrients and GE content, but there is little published data on its usefulness for evaluating GE and GE digestibility (GED) of commercial pet food. Using NIRS spectra of 71 commercial extruded dog foods and reference values determined with calorimetry and in vivo feeding trials, chemometric models were developed for GE, GED, and DE prediction. The SE and R2 of cross-validation were 0.30 MJ/kg DM and 0.93 for GE, 2.10% and 0.82 for GED, and 0.53 MJ/kg DM and 0.92 for DE. The results indicated that NIRS provides GE, GED, and DE estimation values for dog food with an accuracy similar to that of the 2006 NRC proposed equations for use in pet food. Nearinfrared spectroscopy is a fast and accurate method for predicting energy content in commercial extruded dog food, and is a useful and reliable tool to be used by the pet food industry when a wide enough calibration set is available. © 2012 American Society of Animal Science. All rights reserved.
AB - Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is used in the pet food industry for rapid assessment of several macronutrients and GE content, but there is little published data on its usefulness for evaluating GE and GE digestibility (GED) of commercial pet food. Using NIRS spectra of 71 commercial extruded dog foods and reference values determined with calorimetry and in vivo feeding trials, chemometric models were developed for GE, GED, and DE prediction. The SE and R2 of cross-validation were 0.30 MJ/kg DM and 0.93 for GE, 2.10% and 0.82 for GED, and 0.53 MJ/kg DM and 0.92 for DE. The results indicated that NIRS provides GE, GED, and DE estimation values for dog food with an accuracy similar to that of the 2006 NRC proposed equations for use in pet food. Nearinfrared spectroscopy is a fast and accurate method for predicting energy content in commercial extruded dog food, and is a useful and reliable tool to be used by the pet food industry when a wide enough calibration set is available. © 2012 American Society of Animal Science. All rights reserved.
KW - Digestible energy
KW - Dog food
KW - Energy digestibility
KW - Gross energy
KW - National research council
KW - Near-infrared spectroscopy
U2 - 10.2527/jas.2012-5106
DO - 10.2527/jas.2012-5106
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-8812
VL - 90
SP - 4401
EP - 4407
JO - Journal of Animal Science
JF - Journal of Animal Science
IS - 12
ER -