Effects of formaldehyde treated mustard cake and molasses supplementation on nutrient utilization, microbial protein supply and feed efficiency in growing kids

Effect of adding lactic acid bacteria and molasses on fermentation quality and in vitro ruminal digestion of total mixed ration silage prepared with whole crop rice

“…In vitro DM digestibility was higher in silage with LAB than without LAB because LAB reduces DM loss in silage fermentation (Cai 2001;Cai et al 2003). Furthermore, although there are some reports that adding M has no effect on DM digestibility (Wang and Goetsch 1998;Granzin and Dryden 2005), further studies (Shellito et al 2006;Sahoo and Walli 2008) have reported that diets with M have higher ruminal DM digestibility. In the present experiment, there was a non-significant increasing trend in DM digestibility with M, LAB and M+LAB.…”

“…Our previous study (Cao et al 2009a; showed that silages with 30% TC had higher LA content, compared to those with RB and GTW. In addition, M is a food byproduct of sugar beet and sugarcane production, although M with high soluble carbohydrates is used as a major energy source for meat or milk production (Wang and Goetsch 1998;Araba et al 2002;Granzin and Dryden 2005;Shellito et al 2006;Sahoo and Walli 2008). LAB can increase the LA content of a silage (Cai 2001;Cai et al 2003), and was well used to prepare silage.…”

“…M is a fermentable carbohydrate (Maiga and Schingoethe 1997) and many researchers (Alli et al 1984) have reported its successful use with grass silage. In addition, M is a food byproduct of sugar beet and sugarcane production, although M with high soluble carbohydrates is used as a major energy source for meat or milk production (Wang and Goetsch 1998;Araba et al 2002;Granzin and Dryden 2005;Shellito et al 2006;Sahoo and Walli 2008). Alli et al (1984) assessed the effects of M on the fermentation of chopped whole-plant Leucaena.…”

Ruminal Digestibility and Quality of Silage Conserved via Fermentation by Lactobacilli

“…In addition, molasses is a food by-product of sugar beet and sugarcane production. Molasses with high water-soluble carbohydrates is used as a major energy source for meat or milk production (Araba et al, 2002;Granzin & Dryden, 2005;Sahoo & Walli, 2008;Wang & gotsch, 1998).…”

“…Furthermore, although there are some reports that adding molasses has no effect on DM digestibility (Granzin & Dryden 2005;Wang & Goetsch 1998), many more studies (Shellito et al, 2006;Sahoo & Walli 2008) have reported that diets with molasses have higher ruminal DM digestibility.…”