There is a significant range of bacterial inoculants for forage ensiling, but there is still a need for formulations to improve the safety of feed. The objective of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of three lactobacilli strains in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) The following bacterial inoculants were used: Lactocacillus plantarum K KKP 593p (LPK), L. plantarum C KKP 788p (LPC), L. buchner...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), a perennial and outcrossing species, is a widely planted forage legume for hay, pasture and silage throughout the world. Currently, alfalfa breeding relies on recurrent phenotypic selection, but alternatives incorporating molecular marker assisted breeding could enhance genetic gain per unit time and per unit cost, and accelerate alfalfa improvement. Many major qua...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of dried mulberry (Morus alba) pulp with high water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC) content on nutrient substance composition, pH and silage acids alfalfa silage. The used in harvested 10% flowering period ensiled by mixing at different ratios (0%, 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5% 15%). that for three months analyzed end this period, values measured contro...

The aim of this study was to determine the correlations between output parameters in sacco method and CNCPS (Cornell Net Carbohydrate Protein System). Both methods were tested on 106 samples from feeds classified into following categories: extracted meal cakes, cereals, legumes, maize alfalfa silage, other silages, DDGS (dried distiller’s grains with solubles), oilseeds various hays. effective ...

1. Agarussi M.C.N., Pereira O.G., da Silva V.P., Leandro E.S., Ribeiro K.G., Santos S.A., 2019. Fermentative profile and lactic acid bacterial dynamics in non-wilted wilted alfalfa silage tropical conditions. Mol. Biol. Rep. 46, 451–460, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033... CrossRef Google Scholar

Whole-plant corn was harvested at early dent, quarter milkline, two-thirds milkline, and black layer stages to evaluate the effects of maturity on intake, digestion, and milk production when corn was fed as silage in the diet. Twenty multiparous Holstein cows were used in a replicated experiment with a 4 x 4 Latin square design with 28-d periods. Diets containing 50% forage (67% corn silage and...

The objective of this study was to determine the effect harvesting alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.) and tall fescue [Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort] after frost ensiling mixtures these forages on silage fermentation characteristics, intake, digestibility ruminal by ewe lambs. Forages were harvested in October 2017, wilted, blended as either alone, 67% + 33% novel endophyte-infected fesc...

Sixteen Holstein cows in midlactation were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design to determine the effect of replacing alfalfa neutral detergent fiber (NDF), with NDF from a combination of whole linted cottonseed, dried distillers grains, and wheat middlings. The four diets were a basal control diet that was low in forage and fiber [(5.9 g of corn silage NDF and 6.1 g of alfalfa NDF/100 g of dry m...

In a balanced incomplete block design, two dry Holstein cows were used to investigate the effect of β 1-4 galactooligosaccharides (GOS) supplementation on nitrogen (N) utilization, rumen fermentation and microbial N supply in the rumen. During the experiment, cows were fed four diets: orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) silage (OS), OS with GOS supplementation (OSG), OS mixed with alfalfa (Med...