Forage type and management influences the nutritional quality and fatty acid composition of ruminant milk. Replacing grass silage with red clover (RC; L.) silage increases milk fat 18:3-3 concentration. Red clover has a higher polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity compared with grasses, which has been suggested to decrease lipolysis and . The present study characterized the abundance and fatty acid...

Packing density and moisture content are important factors in investigating the ensiling quality. Low packing density is a major cause of loss of sugar content. The moisture content also plays a determinant role in biomass degradation. To comprehensively evaluate the ensiling quality, this study focused on developing a compound sensor. In it, moisture electrodes and strain gauges were embedded ...

Changes were found in the cell wall composition of lucerne after ensiling at three different dry matter (DM) contents. The amount of protein associated with cell walls was reduced during ensiling, regardless of inoculation level, by 4 M 8 %, whereas protein associated with the lignin residue was reduced to a lesser extent (< 40%). The effect of ensiling on individual sugars of the cell wall var...

The effects on silage composition of ensiling perennial ryegrass (PRG) with three commercial tannins (mimosa, myrabolam and quebracho tannins) were assessed (Experiment 1). The effects on silage composition and mobile bag disappearance of DM, nitrogen and true protein of the addition of these tannins or a combination of tannin plus formic acid, formaldehyde alone, formic acid alone, or a combin...

the effects of ensiling alhagi with waste date palm on rumen parameters and microbial protein synthesis in kermani sheep were investigated. 100 kg alhagi with 20 kg waste date palm were mixed and ensiled for 45 d. the experimental diets containing 0, 7, 14 and 21% alhagi with waste date palm silage. four male kermani rams were used in change over design with four 21-days period. ensiling alhagi...

Market availability and price of conventional feedstuffs are variable, making imperative to explore alternative feedstuffs. Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a starchy tuber that can be a potential feedstuff for swine. Three sample type (combinations of cassava parts): 100% tubers (T100), 50% tubers and 50% leaves (T50), and 25% tubers and 75% leaves (T25) were ensiled over three periods [fresh (M...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of ensiling alfalfa, wheat, and corn on malate content. Samples were grown, collected, and ensiled in 7.5 L plastic buckets with airtight lids. All samples were either ensiled immediately after cutting, or wilted for at least one h between treatments. Sources of corn either were grown in drought conditions or irrigated conditions. No other ...

By-Products to Cattle W. A. HARRIS AND ROBERT H. COTTON The purposes of the present study were: 1. to compare various methods of ensiling beet tops, 2. to find how best to utilize the ensilage in cattle feeding, and 3. to compare various protein levels in a beet belt ration. The results given here are preliminary since the objectives have been only partially achieved. Ensiling was selected as a...

Improving the aerobic stability of silages M ICRO-ORGANISMS involved in the ensiling process include beneficial bacteria (homolactic acid bacteria), detrimental bacteria (for example, clostridia) and unwanted yeasts and moulds. In a good silage pit (or bun), air is eliminated by respiration from the plant and packing, thus preventing the growth of detrimental aerobic microbes. When air is elimi...

Ensiling, a lactic acid fermentation process, is mainly used to preserve biomass. In addition, it has been shown affect seed viability of some plant species. The extent which this makes ensiling suitable as weed control measure, however, not yet determined. Both the range controllable species and parameters an process that safely kills seeds are still undefined. We aimed determine effect varyin...