Proximate parameters

Parameters:

  • Moisture
  • Oil
  • Crude Protein
  • Crude Fibre
  • Ash
  • Starch

Wet chemistry reference methods:

  • Moisture: Oven. The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling And Analysis) Regulations 1999.
  • Oil: Ether extract. The feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1999, Prediction of the Energy value of compound feeding stuffs for Farm Animals. MAFF (1993), Composition and analysis of food. Pearson (1991).
  • Crude Protein: DUMAS. The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling And Analysis) Regulations 1982. No.1144.
  • Crude Fibre: Sulphuric Acid/Sodium Hydroxide. The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1982, Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International 16th Edition, 1997.
  • Ash: Furnace. The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling And Analysis) Regulations 1999, Official Methods Of Analysis Of AOAC International 16th Edition 1997.
  • Starch: Polarimetry. The Feeding Stuffs (Sampling and Analysis) Regulations 1982, Pearson’s Composition and Analysis of Foods 9th Ed 1991.

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