dry matter

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dry matter

plant or animal tissue residue after it has been heated to a constant weight and all of the moisture in the sample has been driven off by gentle heat.

dry matter basis

a method of expressing the concentration of a nutrient or poison in a feed, by expressing its concentration in terms of the dry matter content.

dry matter intake

the feed intake, usually per day, expressed in terms of its dry matter content.

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