Silage fermentation

Interpretation. The interpretation of the effects of moisture in silage is notoriously difficult. Moisture is essential for the proliferation of desirable microorganisms, but an excess will encourage the growth of undesirable types (Woolford, 1984). The DM range most favourable to the silage fermentation has been suggested as 200-250 g kg and the optimum about 240 g kg h... 

Woolford, M.K. (1984) The Silage Fermentation. Marcel Dekker, New York, 139... 

Schroeder, J.W., Silage Fermentation and Preservation, NDSU Extension Service, AS-1254, 2004, http //www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/ansci/dairy/asl254.pdf. 

Esten and Christie in a study of silage fermentation arrive at the followihg conclusions ... 

In contrast, when the silage is fed to cows, many of the peaks with the lower retention time are removed by the animal (Figure 4). The silage fermentation may not be a good test of possible anaerobic degradation. We found much less degradation of DDT in silage than is usual for other anaerobic systems (15). 

Khorasani, R. (2001) Manipulation of silage fermentation and aerobic instability. Forage Inoculants and Additives. Dairy Research and Technology Resources-University of Alberta. 

Slurry is most appropriately applied early to the cutting fields, but care is needed to avoid contamination which may adversely affect silage fermentation. Always take account of the likely contribution of nutrients from this source when deciding on individual field applications. 

Kung L Jr, Williams P, Schmidt RJ et al (2008) A blend of essential plant oils used as an additive to alter silage fermentation or used as a feed additive for lactating dairy cows. J Dairy Sd 91 4793 800... 

The following criteria have been suggested for microorganisms to be used as an inoculant in silage fermentation (Morlon-Guyot et al. 1998) ... 

Zhang JG, Cai Y, Kobayashi R, Kumai S (2000) Characteristics of lactic acid bacteria isolated from forage crops and their effects on silage fermentation. J Sci Food Agric 80(10) 1455-1460. doi 10.1002/1097-0010(200008)80 10<1455 aid-jsfa667>3.0.co 2-c... 

Miettinen, H. and P. Huhtanen, 1997. Effects of silage fermentation and post ruminal casein supplementaion in lactating dairy cows, 2-energy metabolites and plasma amino acids. J. Sci. Food Agric 74, 459-468. [4]... 

Grouping the North European dataset (Huhtanen and Hristov, 2009) according to study type (protein supplementation, concentrate supplementation, silage digestibility and silage fermentation quality)... 

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