Productive and metabolic parameters, carcass and meat characteristics of lambs fed sorghum silage treated with urea and Lactobacillus buchneri

Santos, Ana Carla Petersen de Oliveira; Santos, Edson Mauro; Carvalho, Gleidson Giordano Pinto de; Pinto, Luís Fernando Batista; Piña, D. S.; Perazzo, Alexandre Fernandes; Oliveira, Juliana Silva de; Mourão, Gérson Barreto; Nascimento, T. V. C.; Cruz, Gabriel

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104603

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“…These fermentative changes could improve the nutritional value of inoculated silages, resulting in lower DM losses (Dong et al, 2020; Muck et al, 2018). This improvement is related to increased nutrient intake and silage digestibility (Basso et al, 2018; Santos et al, 2021). In addition, other authors have also reported improvements in animal performance due to the probiotic effects of lactic acid bacteria in the rumen (Rabelo et al, 2017).…”

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Effect of the Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri on corn and sorghum silage quality and sheep energy partition under tropical conditions

Pires

Tomich

Pereira

et al. 2023

Grass and Forage Science

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This study aimed to evaluate the silage quality, ingestive behaviour, and sheep energy partition fed corn and sorghum silages, with or without inoculation with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Lentilactobacillus buchneri. Whole plants of one dent corn hybrid (DCS), one flint corn hybrid (FCS), and one forage sorghum hybrid (SS) were ensiled with or without an inoculant containing L. plantarum and L. buchneri (4 × 105 CFU g−1), totalling six treatments (3 × 2 factorial scheme). The treatments were ensiled in metal drums with 200 L capacity. The lactic acid concentrations in the inoculated FCS and DCS were higher by 13.4% and 12.8%, respectively, than those in the non‐inoculated plants. In contrast, the lactic acid concentration in the inoculated SS was 23.1% lower than that in the non‐inoculated SS. Furthermore, there were differences in pH and acetic acid concentrations only in SS, which were 2.3% and 45.2% higher, respectively, in inoculated silage than in non‐inoculated silage. In inoculated DCS and SS, propionic acid concentrations were 1.7 times higher (for both silages), and 1‐propanol was 3.7 and 1.8 times higher compared than those in non‐inoculated silages. There was a main effect of the inoculant on 1,2‐propanediol concentrations, which were 37.5% higher in inoculated silages than in non‐inoculated silages. However, ingestive behaviour, heat and methane production, and silage net energy concentrations were not affected by inoculant use. Fermentative modifications caused by inoculation with L. plantarum and L. buchneri in whole plant corn or sorghum silage did not modify sheep energy partition.

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