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Title: Palm kernel meal as additive in the elephant-grass silage
Other Titles: Farelo de dendê como aditivo em silagens de capim elefante
Keywords: Aerobic stability
Elaeis guineensis
Fermentation
Pennisetum purpureum
Estabilidade aeróbia
Fermentação
Issue Date: Sep-2014
Publisher: Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)
Citation: SANTOS, I. A. P. et al. Palm kernel meal as additive in the elephant-grass silage. Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal, Salvador, v. 15, n. 3, p. 592-603, July/Sept. 2014. DOI: 10.1590/S1519-99402014000300006.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of adding palm kernel meal (BP) as an additive in elephant grass silage. The chemical qualitative and fermentation were analysed in a completely randomized design with six treatments, one with no BP (C) and six replications, where the averages of the results of days of closing and opening were analysed by regression analysis. We collected samples at the time of ensiling and after 190 days of storage for evaluation of dry matter, crude protein, carbohydrates (total, non-fibrous, water-soluble, cellulose and hemicellulose), ash, lignin and ether extract. In aerobic phase, we collected samples for pH, ammoniacal nitrogen, fungi and yeasts. The elephant grass of this experiment showed values of 13.9% DM and 8.25% CP while the BP has 77.2% DM and 16.9% CP. The inclusion of BP had inhibited the growth of fungi and yeasts. The increase in the content of BP decreased the concentration of NH3-N. Higher concentrations of BP in silage were more stable, and the stability breaks in 72 hours, while the stability of C was 19 hours. Concentrations above 15% BP had no significant variations in pH in the aerobic phase. The inclusion of palm kernel meal at concentrations 10% to 15% can be used in silage of elephant grass, inhibiting undesired fermentation and making them more stable. Concentrations above this value may affect the nutritive value of silage by high lignin content of the additive.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/42390
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