NSC in hay analysis

[BarefootnBuckwild]

Hi everyone,
. I recently had hay tested to be able to sell to IR/Cushings/EMS horses or just horses that need a lower sugar hay. Of course, it’s the analysis that doesn’t list NSC. I called the lab and they said that NSC is calculated from the 6C sugars listed plus starch. I want to make sure this is correct since that would make the hay 9.61%NSC, but there are 5C sugars that equal 23%. Do I ignore the 5C when figuring NSC?
HAY ANALYSIS
5C sugars 23%

6C Sugars
Fructose 2.99%
Glucose 2.18%
Sucrose 0.22%
Mannitol 0.28%

Starch 4.22%

Also, is a target range for nitrate? I had that tested as well and it came back 1191 ppm which seems high?

TIA!!!

[Katy_Watts]

6 carbon sugars do not tell the whole story. This does not include the long chain fractions found in WSC.

Standard form of testing is done at Equi-analytical.com There are about 6 different ways to test for sugar, all with different results. Impossible to say how your sample compares to average.

http://animalrangeextension.montana.edu/range/grazing-management/gm-nitrate-toxicity.html

[BarefootnBuckwild]

Shoot. I was wondering if that was the case… I watched your video on NFC and NSC and saw that testing for WSC’s was best. So basically I need to resample and send it to equi-analytical.
Thank you!

[Pocket_Pony]

In a link to an article in my Thryro-L thread, the vet said NSC is ESC + starch. But Katy’s website says it is WSC + starch, so now I’m confused…

[Katy_Watts]

[QUOTE=Pocket Pony;8900761]
In a link to an article in my Thryro-L thread, the vet said NSC is ESC + starch. But Katy’s website says it is WSC + starch, so now I’m confused…[/QUOTE]

join the crowd.
http://safergrass.org/videos/CHO%20confusion/

[Pocket_Pony]

[QUOTE=Katy Watts;8900809]
join the crowd.
http://safergrass.org/videos/CHO%20confusion/[/QUOTE]

That link won’t open for me…

[Katy_Watts]

it requires Flash Player. It used to download automatically. Sorry, I don’t know how to fix it and I can’t pay people to keep my site current any longer.

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html

[Pocket_Pony]

Ok, thanks! I’m on my tablet. …will have to check from my computer.