Effect of inoculants combining Lactobacillus buchneri strain LN40177 in different strata of the silo

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate the chemical composition and rumen disappearance rate of dry matter of corn silages with inoculants combining L. buchneri strain LN40177 in different strata of the silo. The experimental design was a 3x2 randomized complete block design, with three treatments: Control: corn silage without inoculant; 11CFT: corn silage with inoculant which combines L. buchneri strain LN40177 (1.1 x 1011 CFU g-1) with L. casei (1.1 x 1011 CFU g-1); and 11C33: corn silage with inoculant which combines L. buchneri strain LN40177 (1.1 x 1011 CFU g-1) with L. plantarum (1.1 x 1011 CFU g-1) and Enterococcus faecium (1 x 1010 CFU g-1), associated with two strata of the silo (lower and upper). The silage inoculated with 11C33 presented higher contents of crude protein and NDF and lower hemicellulose content in relation to the control treatment and 11CFT. The use of both inoculants resulted in silages with higher concentrations of soluble nutrients. Lower stratum silage had a higher rumen disappearance rate of dry matter compared to the upper stratum. In general, the combinations of L. buchneri promoted nutritional improvements in corn silage, but in presence of L. casei, there were more outstanding improvements.

Lactobacillus buchneri and molasses can alter the physicochemical properties of cassava leaf silage

“…Molasses is a substrate that can be used by fibre-decomposing microbes to degrade fibre during silage fermentation. A plethora of studies conform with our study Ribas et al [ 39 ] and Lynch et al [ 40 ].…”

Effect of Different Additives on the Quality of Rehydrated Corn Grain Silage: A Systematic Review

“…However, rehydrated grain silage requires longer storage times to increase dry matter digestibility significantly [108,113]. The in situ digestibility of starch from rehydrated corn grain silage was observed by Fernandes et al [113] after 120 days of fermentation, compared to corn in silage, with values of 92.0 and 72.0%, respectively.…”

“…However, the AS can be improved when undesirable microorganisms are inhibited with appropriate additives after silo opening [105][106][107], as is the case with the bacterial inoculant Lactobacillus buchneri [23,108]. Silva et al [23] evaluated the effects of the bacterial inoculants Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus in different concentrations, 1.0 × 10 5 , 5.0 × 10 5 , and 1.0 × 10 6 CFU/g, and Lactobacillus buchneri in the same concentrations previously mentioned, on the silage of rehydrated corn grains ensiled for 124 days, and observed that the inoculant Lactobacillus buchneri at a dose of 1 × 10 5 CFU/g is a viable strategy to increase the aerobic stability of rehydrated corn grain silage.…”