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Quality evaluation of pearl millet silages using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as silage additive

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Title Quality evaluation of pearl millet silages using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as silage additive
 
Creator SAIJPAUL, S
LAMBA, J S
GREWAL, R S
CHANDRAHAS, CHANDRAHAS
 
Subject Digestibility, Pearl millet-sorghum, Pearl millet-cowpea, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Silage quality
 
Description The present study was conducted to ascertain the quality of pearl millet-sorghum and pearl millet-cowpea fodders (PM-S and PM-C) with their respective silages made with or without S. cerevisiae as silage inoculant in polybags. On opening the bags after 45 days all the silages were free from moulds and had comparable pH. The WSC was highest in fodders and reduced significantly after ensiling. Use of inoculant improved the CP in PM-C silage and increased the tdCPf, TDN1X, DE and ME of both mixed fodder silages. The NDFIN, ADFIN and ADFIN as percentage of total N were reduced in the S. cerevisiae inoculated silages. The NH3–N was higher in PM-S silage inoculated with S. cerevisiae but the pH and NH3-N as percentage of total N remained within the acceptable limits reflecting no adverse effect of the inoculant. Use of S. cerevisiae in PM-S and PM-C during ensiling reduced the plant protein breakdown and fiber bound nitrogen, increased the truly digestible protein and energy availability and improved aerobic stability through better buffering capacity and acetic acid content. It was concluded that Saccharomyces cerevisiae as inoculant during ensiling of pearl millet-sorghum and pearl millet-cowpea improved the fermentative process of the silages prepared in polybags.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2015-12-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/54394
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 85, No 12 (2015)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/54394/22951
 
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