Improved sources of home-grown protein are required to substitute for animal proteins and soyabean meal in ruminant feeds. The present dominance of grassland feeds for protein supply in Britain is highlighted and possibilities for increasing microbial protein (MP) supply on grass-based diets are considered. There are particular opportunities for improving MP supply and animal performance from t...

The study was conducted with the objective of evaluating nutrient content, fermentation characteristics, microbial counts, and ruminal degradability two mixtures Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) winter cereal silages. Two (mixture A: ryegrass, triticale, oats, wheat barley; mixture B: oats) were wilted ensiled in laboratory‐scale silos without additives. At end 90 d B silage had highe...

Broussonetia papyrifera L. (paper mulberry) is an alternative woody plant, which can used to replace part of the protein feed for ruminants. Ensiling effective way preserve fresh pasture and solve problem stable storage conversion paper mulberry in rapid growth period. However, low dry matter (DM), water-soluble carbohydrate, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) reduce quality silage. This study assesses...

A total of 59 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains were isolated from corn stover silage. According to phenotypic and chemotaxonomic characteristics, 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) sequences and recA gene polymerase chain reaction amplification, these LAB isolates were identified as five species: Lactobacillus (L.) plantarum subsp. plantarum, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Enterococcus mundtii, Weissella cib...

OBJECTIVE In order to improve fermentation quality of natural grasses, their silage preparation and fermentation quality in meadow steppe (MS) and typical steppe (TS) were studied. METHODS The small-scale silages and round bale silages of mixed natural grasses in both steppes were prepared using the commercial lactic acid bacteria (LAB) inoculants Chikuso-1 (CH, Lactobacillus plantarum) and c...

Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a plant species cultivated as raw material for fiber extraction. Alternatively, biomass can be used feeding or energy purposes. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of inoculation with lactic acid bacteria starter culture on fermentation and chemical compositions silages. Hemp shoots (HS) flowers (HF) were ensiled in mini laboratory silos wi...