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The respiration rate and loss of dry matter from stored bran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Douglas Snow  and
Norman C. Wright
Douglas Snow
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Kirkhill, Ayr
Norman C. Wright
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Kirkhill, Ayr
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1. Experiments were made on the respiration of bran at different moisture levels using a continuous absorption apparatus in which the humidity of the air-stream was adjusted to be at equilibrium with the respiring bran. The rate of respiration was accelerated with increasing moisture content and was very rapid deterioration due to the high respiration rate and microbiological damage.

2. Experiments were made on the storage of bran at known moisture contents in closed tins in the laboratory and also in sacks kept under farm conditions. The total nitrogen content of the bran stored in the tins appeared to increase during storage. From similar increases in total phosphorus, it is clear that the increase in total nitrogen was caused by a loss of dry matter from the stored feeding stuff, a fact which was further demonstrated by the loss in dry weight of the sacks of bran with attributed to two causes: (1) the respiration of the plant cells still active in the bran itself, and (2) the respiration of developing micro-organisms. It is evident from these experiments that fresh bran, free from insect infestation and stored at a moisture content of less than 13%, will have a very low respiration rate and will, therefore, not be liable to heating. Bran of 15–19% moisture content respires at a much faster rate and the time for which such material can be stored with freedom from heating or other types of deterioration will be limited.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , July 1945 , pp. 126 - 132
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1945

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