Influence of NPN Treatment, Oven Temperature and Drying Time on Error in Determining True Corn Silage Dry Matter

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An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of NPN treatment of corn silage on magnitude of error in dry matter (DM) determined by oven drying. Oven drying at 60 C underestimated true DM by 8.4% and oven drying at 100 C underestimated true DM by 11.5%. Drying samples for 24 or 48 hr or NPN treatment did not affect the magnitude of this error. A summary of similar data in the literature indicated oven dry matter values could be corrected by multiplying whole plant grain silage DM values between 27 and 39% by 1.056 for 60 C oven and 1.093 for 100 C oven temperature. Similar values for high moisture corn oven DM values between 62 and 72% are 1.03 and 1.047 respectively. Without these adjustments, DM intake is underestimated and feed nutrient and efficiency of utilization values are overestimated. Copyright © 1978. American Society of Animal Science . Copyright 1978 by American Society of Animal Science.