Publication Date
1997
Description
The present study satisfactorily utilized some food industry byproducts for improving fermentation characteristics, quality and nutritive value of silages. Five kinds of preparations were made: sugar-enzymes based (beet molasses and brewer’s yeast, mycelium of Aspergillus niger, malted barley at 3:3:3:1); enzymes-bacteria based (mycelium of Aspergillus niger, malted barley, acidic whey, fermentation broth and lactic acid bacteria or skim milk powder at 3:0.9:3:0.1); sugar based (molasses and brewer’s yeast at 1:1) and concentrate of lactic acid bacteria only. Untreated or additive-treated first-cut low sugar (60g kg-1DM, 19.4% DM) alfalfa ( Medicago sativa) plus grasses (Phleum pratense and Dactylis glomerata) was ensiled. The percentage of forage in the mixture was 80:15:5, respectively. Data are given on chemical composition, energy content, PDI value, fermentation characteristics and quality of silages.
Citation
Shorko-Sajko, H; Bednarski, W; Kowalewska-Piontas, J; Sajko, J; and Mlynarczyk, K, "Quality and Nutritive Value of Alfalfa and Grass Silages with Biological Additives" (2024). IGC Proceedings (1997-2023). 32.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session17/32
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Quality and Nutritive Value of Alfalfa and Grass Silages with Biological Additives
The present study satisfactorily utilized some food industry byproducts for improving fermentation characteristics, quality and nutritive value of silages. Five kinds of preparations were made: sugar-enzymes based (beet molasses and brewer’s yeast, mycelium of Aspergillus niger, malted barley at 3:3:3:1); enzymes-bacteria based (mycelium of Aspergillus niger, malted barley, acidic whey, fermentation broth and lactic acid bacteria or skim milk powder at 3:0.9:3:0.1); sugar based (molasses and brewer’s yeast at 1:1) and concentrate of lactic acid bacteria only. Untreated or additive-treated first-cut low sugar (60g kg-1DM, 19.4% DM) alfalfa ( Medicago sativa) plus grasses (Phleum pratense and Dactylis glomerata) was ensiled. The percentage of forage in the mixture was 80:15:5, respectively. Data are given on chemical composition, energy content, PDI value, fermentation characteristics and quality of silages.
