Nutritional value of elephant-grass silage (Pennisetum purpureum, Schum) inoculated with lactic acid bacteria
The effects of microbial inoculated elephant-grass silage on total digestibility in sheep were evaluated. Twelve wethers were randomly assigned to two treatments: elephant-grass silage (average 17.2% DM and 7.6% CP) control and microbial inoculated with Pioneer 1174 product (S. faecium and L. planta...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositorio: | Acta Scientiarum. Animal Sciences (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/2602 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/2602 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | consumo voluntário digestibilidade ensilagem inoculação microbiana ovinos retenção de nitrogênio 5.04.00.00-2 Zootecnia |
| Sumario: | The effects of microbial inoculated elephant-grass silage on total digestibility in sheep were evaluated. Twelve wethers were randomly assigned to two treatments: elephant-grass silage (average 17.2% DM and 7.6% CP) control and microbial inoculated with Pioneer 1174 product (S. faecium and L. plantarum). Experimental period consisted of twenty-one days, the last five for feces and urine collection. Inoculation did not influence total digestibility of DM (inoculated=49.9% vs. control=48.4%), CP (45.9% vs. 43.6%), EE (42.9% vs. 40.8%), CF (53.6% vs. 54.2%), NDF (48.6% vs. 48.0%), ADF (48.8% vs. 49.2%), starch (60.8% vs. 66.2%), TDN (44.5% vs. 41.8%) or DM intake (1.36 vs. 1.63% of BW). However, there was a tendency (P = 0.0845) of increasing digestibility of NFE (47.3% vs. 40.6%) and decreasing (P = 0.0571) N retention (–2.61 vs. –2.17 g of N/animal/day). Present data do not recommend lactic acid bacteria for inoculation of elephant-grass silage. |
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