TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutritive value of sugarcane silage treated with chemical additives
AU - Santos, Mateus
AU - Nussio, Luiz Gustavo
AU - Mourao, I
AU - Schimidt, Patrick
AU - Ribeiro, Jose Leonardo
AU - Queiroz, Oscar
AU - Zopollato, Maity
AU - Souza, P
AU - Sarturi, Jhones
AU - Filho, G Toledo
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - The use of ensiled sugarcane has been increased lately in Brazil due to the benefits that this technique represents. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of chemical additives on the nutritive value of sugarcane silages. The trial was carried out in a completely randomized experimental design with four replicates per treatment. The following additives were applied onto the fresh forage before ensiling: L. buchneri, lime or limestone, 1.0 and 1.5% (wet basis) each, and gypsum 1.0% (wet basis), all of them diluted into 40 L of water per ton of fresh weight of forage. The analyzed variables were: ash, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber and organic and dry matter digestibility. The addition of lime or limestone before ensiling produced silages with higher nutritive value compared to all other treatments, due to the increase of the ash content and dry matter and organic digestibility, and also by reducing the fiber content. The crude protein con
AB - The use of ensiled sugarcane has been increased lately in Brazil due to the benefits that this technique represents. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of chemical additives on the nutritive value of sugarcane silages. The trial was carried out in a completely randomized experimental design with four replicates per treatment. The following additives were applied onto the fresh forage before ensiling: L. buchneri, lime or limestone, 1.0 and 1.5% (wet basis) each, and gypsum 1.0% (wet basis), all of them diluted into 40 L of water per ton of fresh weight of forage. The analyzed variables were: ash, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber and organic and dry matter digestibility. The addition of lime or limestone before ensiling produced silages with higher nutritive value compared to all other treatments, due to the increase of the ash content and dry matter and organic digestibility, and also by reducing the fiber content. The crude protein con
U2 - 10.1590/S0103-90162009000200003
DO - 10.1590/S0103-90162009000200003
M3 - Article
SP - 159
EP - 163
JO - Scientia Agrícola Journal
JF - Scientia Agrícola Journal
ER -