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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Determination of Ash in Animal Feed: AOAC Official Method 942.05 Revisited
Beteiligte:
Thiex, Nancy;
Novotny, Lawrence;
Crawford, Andy
Erschienen:
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2012
Erschienen in:Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.5740/jaoacint.12-129
ISSN:
1060-3271;
1944-7922
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
<jats:p>AOAc Official MethodSM 942.05, Ash in Animal Feed, has been applied in feed laboratories since its publication in the Official Methods of Analysis in 1942. it is a routine test with renewed interest due to the incorporation of “ash values” into modern equations for the estimation of energy content of dairy feed, beef feed, and pet food. As with other empirical methods, results obtained are a function of the test conditions. For this method, the critical conditions are the ignition time, ignition temperature, and any other furnace or weighing conditions. complete ignition can be observed by the absence of black color (due to residual carbonaceous material) in the ash residue. to investigate performance of AOAc 942.05, 15 samples were chosen to be representative of a wide range of feed materials. these materials were tested at the conditions of AOAc 942.05 (ignition at 600°c for 2 h) and similar or more rigorous conditions. the additional conditions investigated included: 600°c for 4 h; 600°c for 2 h, cool, and ignite 2 additional h; 600°c for 2 h, cool, wet, dry, and ignite 2 additional h; 550°c for 6 h; 550°c for 3 h, cool, and ignite 3 additional h; and 550°c for 3 h, cool, wet, dry, ignite 3 additional h. results for all other conditions investigated were found to be significantly different from the current AOAc Method 942.05. All ignition conditions were significantly different from each other except two: 550°c for 3 h, cool, ignite 3 additional h; and 550°c for 3 h, cool, wet, dry, and ignite 3 additional h. recommendations for modification to AOAc Official Method 942.05 are suggested based on statistical analysis of the data and a review of the literature.</jats:p>