This invention relates to a method for evaluating the spectra of biological material of animal,
plant, or mixture thereof, the method comprising the steps of: a) detecting spectrometers in a network formed by at least one
spectrometer and an input /
output device; b) requesting the respective status of each
spectrometer in the network of step a), and displaying the detected spectrometers and their status on the input /
output device, wherein the status reflects whether the
spectrometer is available for recording spectra; c) receiving a selection from spectrometers available for recording spectra on the input /
output device; d) recording the spectrum of the sample material of animal,
plant, or mixture thereof on the spectrometer selected in step c); e) predicting at least one parameter from the spectrum of step d) using at least one
calibration function and / or calibration plot suitable for predicting the value of the parameter. The values of the parameters, wherein the at least one parameter is selected from the content of at least one
amino acid, crude
protein content,
ammonia content, content of all amino acids containing
ammonia, content of all amino acids not containing
ammonia, crude
fat content,
dry matter content, crude ash content, energy content, content of at least one
biogenic amine, content of at least one anti-nutritional factor, content of at least one
sugar,
starch content, crude
fiber content,
neutral detergent fiber content, acid detergent
fiber content,
total phosphorus content,
phytic acid phosphorus content, reactive
lysine content, total
lysine content, ratio of reactive
lysine content to total lysine content,
protein dispersibility index,
protein solubility,
trypsin inhibitor activity,
urease activity, and
processing condition index (PCI); and f) displaying the predicted results of step e) on the input / output device.