The chemical analysis of the wheat samples indicates that they
are all very similar in chemical composition and GE (Table 2). The
predicted nutritive values by NIRS showed slightly more variability
in nutrient composition between wheat varieties (Table 3), but
remained close to expected average values. The predicted GE was
underestimated while the predicted fat content was higher than
chemically analysed. The predicted AME of wheat varieties ranged
from 13.0 to 13.9 MJ/kg (CV 10%) in the predicted contents for crude protein, acid
detergent fibre, b-glucan, lignin and total non-starch polysaccharides, but low variability (CV