USING Near Infra-red Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS) to analyse dung towards the end of the pasture growing season provides a quick, cheap and reliable prediction of your herd’s diet quality.
Dung sampling can be a useful decision-making tool in northern cattle production systems, MLA beef productivity manager Lindsey Perry said.
“Faecal NIRS analysis of dung samples for cattle grazing tropical northern pastures indicate the nutritional status of a herd. Results can be used to make more informed grazing management and nutrition decisions,” Dr Perry said.
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