Patent ID: 8396670

Claim:
A process for correcting a directly measured (DM) undegraded percentage (U %) value of an ingestable substance (IS) within a feedstuff at an actual or simulated point along a digestive process in an organism, said process comprising the steps of: i) obtaining a DM U % value of the IS in a sample specimen of the feedstuff; ii) obtaining a DM U % value of the IS in a standard specimen of the feedstuff; iii) looking up at least one stored prior U % value of the IS in respective prior standard specimens of the feedstuff; iv) calculating a correction factor using Bayesian statistical analysis applied to the DM U % value of the IS in the standard specimen and the at least one stored prior U % value of the IS in the respective prior standard specimens; v) multiplying the DM U % value of the IS in the sample specimen of the feedstuff by the correction factor to obtain a corrected DM U % value of the IS in the sample specimen of the feedstuff; and vi) displaying the corrected DM U % value of the IS in the sample specimen of the feedstuff, wherein the steps are performed using a computer.