Effect of Microbial Inoculation of Whole-Plant Corn Silage on Chemical Characteristics, Preservation and Utilization by Steers

Luther, R. M.

doi:10.2527/jas1986.6351329x

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“…Inoculation of maize silage increased (P <0.05) N retention compared to the control (Table 4), which is consistent with other researchers (Luther, 1986;Okine et al, 2005;. Rooke et al (1988) attributed the improvements in N retention with inoculated silages to a reduction in the urinary excretion of N. However, in the present study, increases in N retention appeared to be related to an improved N digestion as opposed to a reduction in urinary N excretion (McAllister et al, 1998).…”

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Effects of bacterial silage inoculants on whole-crop maize silage fermentation and silage digestibility in rams

Nkosi¹,

Meeske²,

Langa³

et al. 2011

SA J. An. Sci.

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_________________________________________________________________________________ AbstractThis study evaluated the effects of ensiling whole-crop maize with bacterial inoculants, Lactococcus lactis (LL) and Lactobacillus buchneri (LB), on the fermentation and nutrient digestibility in rams. Wholecrop maize (265 DM g/kg) was ensiled for 90 days in 210 L drums with no additive, or with LL or LB. After three months, the drums were opened and the silage was sampled for fermentation characteristics. Diets were produced by mixing the whole-crop maize silage with lucerne hay (90 : 10) on an "as fed" basis, and a digestibility study was conducted using five South African Mutton Merino rams (37.2 ± 2.2 kg live weight) per treatment. Inoculating maize silage with LL and LB reduced ammonia nitrogen concentration, but did not affect silage pH. The concentration of lactic acid was increased with LL compared to the other treatments. A higher concentration of acetic acid was obtained with LB inoculation compared to the other treatments. The aerobic stability of the silage was improved with LB while it was reduced with LL inoculation, as indicated by a higher CO 2 production than the latter. The intake and digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein and fibre were improved by inoculation. Furthermore, inoculations resulted in improved nitrogen retention. It was concluded that the inoculants improved silage fermentation and diet digestibility. Inoculation with LB improved aerobic stability and LL inoculation reduced it. ________________________________________________________________________________

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Effects of bacterial silage inoculants on whole-crop maize silage fermentation and silage digestibility in rams

Nkosi¹,

Meeske²,

Langa³

et al. 2011

SA J. An. Sci.

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“…As expected, because of the restricted feeding, no differences were found in compound feed DM intake. These results were similar to those reported by Muck and Kung Jr. [7]; however, some researchers found that feeding microbial inoculated silage to cattle does not affect dry matter intake compared to noninoculated silage [26, 26]. A combination of increased DM intake and higher energy, in the silage treated with BSM, led to a significant increase ( P < 0.05) in metabolizable energy intake compared to those animals fed with the CT.…”

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The Effect of a Silage Inoculant on Silage Quality, Aerobic Stability, and Meat Production on Farm Scale

Aragón¹,

Jatkauskas²,

Vrotniakiene³

2012

ISRN Veterinary Science

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The effect of inoculation on nutrient content, fermentation, aerobic stability, and beef cattle performance for whole-plant corn silage treated with a commercial product (blend of homo- and heterofermentative lactic acid bacteria, BSM, blend of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus brevis, DSM numbers 3530, 19457, and 23231, resp.), was compared to a control treatment with no silage additives (CT). The material had a DM of 323 g/kg, crude protein, and water-soluble carbohydrate concentrations of 87.9 and 110.5 g/kg DM, respectively. BSM increased the fermentation rate with a significantly deeper pH (P < 0.01), a significant increase in the total organic acids concentration (P < 0.05), more lactic acid (P < 0.01), and numerically more acetic acid compared to CT. BSM significantly decreased the concentrations of butyric acid (P < 0.01), ethanol, and ammonia-N compared to the CT. BSM-treated silage decreased DM by 3.0 % (P < 0.01) and had a higher digestible energy and a higher metabolizable energy concentration by 2.3 (P < 0.01) and 1.00 % (P < 0.05), respectively, compared to untreated silage. Aerobic stability improved by more than 2 days in BSM silage. The DM intake of silage treated with BSM increased by 6.14 %, and improved weight gain and the feed conversion by 8.0 (P < 0.01) and 3.4%.

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“…Rams fed PHWB silage treated with enzyme/inoculant had significantly lower (P < 0.05) NI and total N excretion compared to other treatments (Table 4). However, rams fed treated PHWB silage had greater (P < 0.05) N retention (as % of NI) and N digestibility compared to those fed on control PHWB silage, which concurs other reports from different silages (Luther, 1986;McAllister et al, 1998;Islam et al, 2001;Nkosi et al, 2010). In contrast, Burghardi et al (1980) reported lack of improvement in N retention with microbial inoculation.…”

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confidence: 87%

The influence of ensiling potato hash waste with enzyme/bacterial inoculant mixtures on the fermentation characteristics, aerobic stability and nutrient digestion of the resultant silages by rams

Nkosi

Meeske²,

Langa

et al. 2015

Small Ruminant Research

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Effect of Microbial Inoculation of Whole-Plant Corn Silage on Chemical Characteristics, Preservation and Utilization by Steers

Cited by 29 publications

References 10 publications

Effects of bacterial silage inoculants on whole-crop maize silage fermentation and silage digestibility in rams

Effects of bacterial silage inoculants on whole-crop maize silage fermentation and silage digestibility in rams

The Effect of a Silage Inoculant on Silage Quality, Aerobic Stability, and Meat Production on Farm Scale

The influence of ensiling potato hash waste with enzyme/bacterial inoculant mixtures on the fermentation characteristics, aerobic stability and nutrient digestion of the resultant silages by rams

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