The genus Streptococcus includes organisms which are homofermentative, facultative with respect to oxygen, fastidious in their nutrient requirements, without cytochrome system, and are therefore considered to be catalase negative. Recent work in this laboratory revealed two strains of several hundred streptococci, screened from silage fermentations, that were capable of producing catalase. They...

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of EM on the consumption, nutritive value and digestibility of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum cv. napier) silages processed from wilted and fresh grasses. The first experiment was a feeding trial with sheep involving three treatments: fresh grass silage + 9% ground corn fed alone or inoculated with EM, and wilted grass silage in...

This study investigated the effects of two bacteriocin-producing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum strains on fermentation, bacterial communities, and their functions alfalfa silage with dry matter (DM) contents 355 (moderate DM) 428 (high g/kg fresh weight. Before ensiling, was treated (1) distilled water (control), (2) commercial strain L. MTD/1, (3) ATCC14917, (4) LP1-4, ensiled for 3 d, 7 14 60...

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate whether fermentation end products in silage affect intake and digestion in beef cattle. Six rumen-cannulated Nellore steers were randomly assigned to a replicated 3 × 3 Latin square design with 14-d periods. Each period consisted of 9 d for adaptation and 5 d for sample collection. Steers were housed in a tie-stall barn and individually fed once daily ...

Background: Making silage added with additives can improve the quality of nutrition and speed up fermentation process. Molasses are widely used by farmers as for making silage. The use molasses be replaced Fermented Mother Liquor (FML) in Purpose: to determine effect addition on physical chemical corn plant given (FML). Method: Observative data collection direct observations two treatments cons...

Two experiments using six rumen-fistulated Holstein steers in 3 X 3 Latin square designs were conducted to test the effects of urea addition to corn silage, and grain addition to haylage, on feed intake, digestibility of nutrients and rumen fermentation of complete diets fed once daily. Addition of .34 and .68% urea to corn silage increased dietary crude protein from 8.1 to 11.3 and 13.3%, and ...

Four experiments were carried out in Lelystad, The Netherlands in 1994, in which perennial ryegrass wilted to 421–568 g dry matter (DM) kg−" was ensiled with and without an inoculant containing Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecium strains in 1-litre capacity laboratory silos. Treated silages showed a markedly increased rate of pH decline. The final pH of treated silages was reached ...

This study evaluated the fermentation characteristics and protein degradation dynamics of wet green tea grounds (WGTG) silage. The WGTG was ensiled with distilled water (control), or lactic acid bacteria (LAB), enzyme (E), formic acid (FA) and formaldehyde (FD) prior to ensiling. Three bag silos for each treatment were randomly opened at 0, 3, 7, 14, 28 and 60 days after anaerobic storage. For ...

We conducted a study to determine the effects of treating barley grain with a fibrolytic enzyme mixture on chewing activities, ruminal fermentation, and total tract digestibility in cattle. We also investigated the potential benefits of using barley straw rather than barley silage as a roughage source in high-grain diets for feedlot cattle. Steers were given ad libitum access to one of four die...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a crucial perennial forage plant with its high protein and mineral content may be mowed several times through the vegetation period. Along having large cultivation area in Türkiye, it constitutes approximately 61% of total green produced. Silage best method for keeping grass well using as source roughage all seasons. However, ensiling alfalfa, especially low dry ...