Shredlage Processing Affects the Digestibility of Maize Silage

Maize silage is one of the most important feeds for ruminant nutrition and various production methods can have a significant impact on their quality, especially utilization nutrients. The objective study was to evaluate effect conventional shredlage processing harvested maize kernel processing, fermentation profile, physically effective fibre digestibility silage. A stay-green hybrid with forage harvester (CON; theoretical length cut 10 mm; rollers 30% difference in roller speed; horizontally teeth; 1-mm roll clearance) or processor (SHR; 25 Shredlage crop 50% sawtooth teeth counter-rotating spiral groove; stored experimental silos. silages were analysed chemical composition (dry matter, organic crude protein, fibre, neutral detergent starch), parameters (pH, lactate, acetate, ammonia), quality (kernel score, particle size), (peNDF) vivo nutrient digestibility. (SHR) plants did not an profile. On other hand, SHR treatment significantly increased score (p < 0.01) peNDF content 0.01). also significantly, namely that dry matter (DM), starch, (NDF). An increase leads higher values NEL. presented results show positive effects