Silage fermentation and chemical composition of elephant grass inoculated with rumen strains of Streptococcus bovis

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of Streptococcus bovis JB1 and HC5 on the fermentation and chemical composition of elephant grass ensiled in laboratory silos. A complete randomized design was used with four treatments: elephant grass silage, elephant grass silage inoculated w...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Animal feed science and technology 2013-06, Vol.183 (1-2), p.22-28
Main Authors: Ferreira, Daniele de Jesus, Lana, Rogério de Paula, Zanine, Anderson de Moura, Santos, Edson Mauro, Veloso, Cristina Mattos, Ribeiro, Guilherme Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
crude protein
effluents
Elephantidae
Enterococcus faecium
gases
grass silage
lactic acid
Lactic acid bacteria
nitrogen
nutritive value
Pennisetum purpureum
propionic acid
rumen
Silage
silage fermentation
silos
Streptococcus bovis
yeasts
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of Streptococcus bovis JB1 and HC5 on the fermentation and chemical composition of elephant grass ensiled in laboratory silos. A complete randomized design was used with four treatments: elephant grass silage, elephant grass silage inoculated with 106CFU/g S. bovis JB1 strains; elephant grass silage inoculated with 106CFU/g S. bovis HC5 strains; elephant grass silage inoculated with 106CFU/g Enterococcus faecium, and six replications. The highest number of enterobacteria, fungi and yeast occurred in the control and elephant grass silages inoculated with E. faecium (P
ISSN:0377-8401
1873-2216
DOI:10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2013.04.020