Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has become increasingly used as a rapid and accurate method of evaluating some chemical compositions in forages and feedstuff. This study was carried out to explore the accuracy of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for the prediction of chemical parameters of fresh whole crop barley silages. A representative population of 284 fresh whole crop barley silages was used as a database for studying the possibilities of NIRS to predict chemical composition. Samples of silage were scanned at 1 nm intervals over the wavelength range 680~2,500 nm and the optical data were recorded as log 1/Reflectance (log 1/R) and were scanned in fresh condition. NIRS calibrations were developed by means of partial least-squares (PLS) regression. NIRS analysis of fresh whole crop barley silages provided accurate predictions of moisture, acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), crude protein (CP) and pH, as well as lactic acid content with correlation coefficients of cross-validation (R2cv) of 0.96, 0.81, 0.79, 0.84, 0.72 and 0.78, respectively, and standard error of cross-validation (SECV) of 1.26, 2.83, 2.18, 1.19, 0.13 and 0.32% DM, respectively. Results of this experiment showed the possibility of the NIRS method to predict the chemical parameters of fresh whole crop barley silages as a routine analysis method in feeding value evaluation and for farmer advice.

본 시험은 국내에서 생산되어 곤포형태로 포장된 청보리 사일리지, 호밀 사일리지, 이탈리안 라이그라스 사일리지 및 수단그라스 (수수수단그라스 교잡종) 사일리지의 반추위 내 발효특성과 분해율 및 전장소화율과 TDN을 평가하기 위해 반추위 누관이 장착된 소 4두를 대상으로 실시되었다. 사일리지가 반추위액의 pH에 거의 영향하지는 않았으나 사일리지 급여 후 3시간에서 다른 종류의 사일리지를 섭취한 경우와 비교할 때 수단그라스 사일리지를 섭취한 소의 반추위액의