Order your Sample Kit
Know what's inside. Analyzing your farm's own feed gives you clear insights into the nutrient content and digestibility, as well as the quality parameters of your feed. To obtain the most accurate picture, it is important to take a precise, clean feed sample from multiple locations.
We’ll show you how to quickly and easily order your lab sample at Sano.
Then please create a customer account first. Once we have verified you, you can begin the ordering process.
An Overview of Our Free Sample Sets
That’s Why Vacuum Sealing
For optimal quality of your samples, we recommend vacuum sealing. This way, the sample is best protected from aerobic influences during shipping, closely resembling the conditions in your silo. You will need a commercially available vacuum device for this.
That’s Why Zipper Seals
Our zippered sample bags are ideal for customers who do not have the option to vacuum seal. To preserve your sample as best as possible for shipping, remove as much air as possible from the bag before sealing it.
How the Ordering Process Works
- First, select your desired free sample bag and place the order.
- After your order, you will receive the selected package conveniently by mail within a few days.
- Now you can take your silo sample and fill it into the sample bag.
- Return to our laboratory page and click on "Register laboratory sample" in the menu.
- Fill out the analysis form there and send us your sample along with the form.
- Within approximately five working days, you will receive the results of your feed analysis.
Please note that the billing for laboratory services will be issued separately after receiving the final analysis results.
In our quick guide, we show you what you need to consider to ensure an optimal feed sample.
The Components of the Sano Laboratory Report at a Glance
A laboratory report contains many different abbreviations and values. This provides farmers and consultants with a valuable tool for ration optimization and performance prediction. Here, you will find the most important innovative metrics and units from the Sano laboratory report explained simply, so you can directly understand what’s in your feedstuffs.
- Crude Protein (XP): Represents the protein content based on the total nitrogen content of the sample. It includes not only the true protein but also the non-protein nitrogen.
- Ammonium XP Equivalents: Indicates the proportion of ammonia in the crude protein. Excessive values may indicate protein breakdown in the silo, for example, due to Clostridia.
- ADF: Acid Detergent Fiber. Fiber components that are insoluble in an acid detergent solution, primarily lignin.
- aNDF: Neutral Detergent Fiber. Fiber components that are insoluble in a neutral detergent solution. This includes hemicellulose, cellulose, and lignin.
- NDF Digestibility: The proportion of the NDF fiber components that can be digested by the cow within the specified time.
- uNDF: The proportion of NDF fiber components that cannot be digested by the cow within the specified time. It forms the counterpart to NDF digestibility.
- Sugar (Ethanol and water-soluble): The proportion of sugar that dissolves in water or in an 80% ethanol solution.
- Starch: The starch content of the sample.
- Starch Digestibility: The rate of starch breakdown in the animal.
During the corn silage storage, the digestibility of the starch in the corn changes. This has an impact on the choice of additional feedstuffs. With the help of the CNCPS feed analysis, you can target the use of feedstuffs effectively.
- Volatile Fatty Acids: Formed by carbohydrate degradation during the silage process. Used for evaluating the quality of the silage process.
- Lactic Acid: Formed by carbohydrate degradation during the silage process.
- Acetic Acid: High levels are caused by long field storage times, long filling duration, and too slow acidification.
- Butyric Acid: Formed by excessively wet, contaminated silage material, low sugar content, and/or insufficient levels of lactic acid bacteria. Produced by Clostridia.
- 1,2 Propanediol: Propylene glycol. Produced by heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria.
- Amino Acids - Absolute: Absolute content of essential, semi-essential, and non-essential amino acids in the sample.
- NH3: Ammonia content of the sample.
- Amino Acids - Ideal Digestibility: The proportion of each essential, semi-essential, and non-essential amino acid that is digestible in the small intestine (ileum). Species-specific for pigs and poultry.
- NIRS Analysis Results: Content of crude nutrients in the sample.
- Phosphate (P2O5): Total phosphate content in the sample. Usable for nutrient flow balance.
- Nitrogen (N): Total nitrogen content in the sample. Usable for nutrient flow balance.
- Energy Evaluation: Energy evaluation of the sample specific to sows, fattening pigs, poultry, and ruminants.