Advanced Corn Silage Production 605. Circle all correct answers and Discuss. 1. With corn silage, high grain yield reduces fiber production per acre. a. True. b. Likely. c. Doubtful. d. False. e. Conditional. 2. Delaying harvest decreases digestibility of NDF from corn silage. a. True. b. Likely. c. Doubtful. d. False. e. Conditional. 3. More mature corn silage has less NDF only because it is d...

The effect of adding carbohydrate-rich feedstuffs to sweet potato leaves (SPL) on silage quality was studied using a total of 180 laboratory silos. Silage quality was assessed by changes of pH, dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) and ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N). Pre-wilted SPL was mixed with cassava root meal (CRM), sweet potato root meal (SPM) or sugar cane molasses (Mo) at levels of 0, 30, 60 an...

Twenty-eight (8 ruminally cannulated) lactating, multiparous Holstein cows were blocked by DIM and randomly assigned to 7 replicated 4 x 4 Latin squares (28-d periods) to investigate the effects of different dietary ratios of alfalfa silage (AS) to corn silage (CS) on production, N utilization, apparent digestibility, and ruminal metabolism. The 4 diets contained (dry matter basis): A) 51% AS, ...

This study aimed to examine the effects of feeding corn silage inoculated without or with either Lactobacillus buchneri (LB) alone or a combination of LB and Lactobacillus plantarum (LBLP) on the apparent digestibility, ruminal fermentation, microbial protein synthesis, and growth performance of lambs. Thirty Santa Inês×Dorper crossbred intact males lambs weighing 20.4±3.8 kg were blocked by we...

introduction ensiling is one of the common preserving methods for forage or other organic materials. in this method, organic matters were preserved by proving an aerobic condition and then by reducing the ph with increasing acids production (mainly lactic acid). some circumstances like enough soluble carbohydrates, low buffering capacity and appropriate dry matter concentration are needed in en...

for determination and comparison between feeding value of rape silage and its hay, two groups of seven head weaned lamb with the same body weight and breed were fed for a 100 days period of these feeds and a same amount of barley as a nutritive supplement. each animal was fed approximately 130gr of crude protein and 1730 kcal net energy (nrc standard recommendation 1985). the animals were weigh...

The effect of 14 microbial inoculants on the fermentation and nutritive value of alfalfa silages was studied under laboratory conditions. The first cut (477 g of dry matter/kg) and second cut (393 g of dry matter/kg) of a second-year alfalfa stand were ensiled in 2 trials. In both trials alfalfa was harvested with standard field equipment. All inoculants were applied at 1.0 x 10(6) cfu/g of cro...

The chemical composition, in situ ruminal degradability coefficients of dry matter (DM), and nutrient digestibility in sheep were evaluated for corn silage (CS) treated (fresh weight basis) with different levels of a commercial bacterial inoculant (I) as follows: (1) untreated CS (control); (2) CS + I at half of the recommended level; (3) CS + I at the recommended level (3  1010 colony forming...

Animal productivity depends on the nutrient composition of the ration presented to the animal as well as on the quality of feed ingredients. In assessing animal productivity the nutritionist must determine if ration composition is the factor limiting productive potential. In order to do this one must have an accurate assessment of feed quality and delivery. Having as complete a set of informati...