Table 1.
Correlation of chemical analysis values with NIR prediction values

Linearity R2 Bias (%) SEP SEL SEC
Fat y = 0.972x +0.194 0.997 0.1 0.17 0.14 0.19
Protein y = 1.153x –599 0.995 -0.1 0.51 0.48 0.57
Moisture y = 0.868x +2.648 0.969 -0.5 0.32 0.24 0.36
Salt y = 1.305x –0.266 0.961 -0.1 0.14 0.14 0.16
SEP: Standard Error of Prediction
SEL: Standard Error of Laboratory
SEC: Standard Error of NIR Calibaration