Effect of enzyme and inoculant additives on preservation and feeding value of wheat and forage sorghum silages
Laytimi, A.; Bolsen, K.; Schurhammer, J.; Kirch, B.
Enzyme and inoculant additives produced more efficiently preserved wheat and
forage sorghum silages and improved their feeding value. In general, treated silages
had lower pH, acetic acid, and ammonia-nitrogen values and higher lactic acid and
lactic to acetic acid ratios than untreated silages. In two of the three trials, cell
wall and acid detergent fiber fractions were lower in treated than untreated silages.
In Trial 2, the treated sorghum silages were extremely unstable in air and cattle
performance was similar for control and treated silages. In Trial 3, gains and feed
conversions in steers were improved for those fed treated forage sorghum silages.
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