Ensiling is a method that has been known for hundreds of years and been used in Sweden since 18 century. Ensiling is a better way to preserve forage than hay making because the method is not as rain sensitive. Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are the organisms responsible for the preservation; they ferment Water Soluble Carbohydrates (WSC) under anaerobic conditions and produce lactic acid, which low...

An experiment was conducted with 24 Arabi lambs to investigate the possibility to increase the utilization of wheat straw by ensiling with urea at rate of 1.5 % as a nitrogen source and to get the advantage of the additional digestion caused by the released ammonia, and molasses at rate of 10 % to encourage the fermentation responsible for silage making. Straw silage (ES) was compared with whea...

The current study aimed to compare the nutritional, chemical, and fermentative changes of maize silages with some additives prepared in standard glass jars (SGJ) vacuum-packed model polyethylene bags (VP, Rostock). treatment groups were control group (no addition), barley (grinded addition 20 40 g kg-1), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) group, LAB+enzyme mixture group. ensiling method had no effect o...

The impact of conservation additives, based on formic and propionic acids and bacterial-enzymatic preparations, on the number of mould fungi and yeast cells in silages was investigated. Silages were prepared from red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) and their mixtures prepared at the ratio of 50:50. The aim of the experiment was to examine the influence o...