Claim · model-written summary
The enzyme and antioxidant additive with lactic acid bacteria was not very effective on alfalfa silage.
- Taxon
- alfalfa
Medicago sativae5 - Treatment
- an additive containing an antioxidant and hydrolytic enzymese6
- Outcome
- effectivee6
- Direction
- not verye6
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Verbatim
e5“Two silage additives, containing hydrolytic enzymes and an antioxidant with or without lactic acid bacteria, were tested on alfalfa, 20, 30, 36.5 and 47.3% DM, in 250-mL laboratory silos”
e6“an additive containing an antioxidant and hydrolytic enzymes was not very effective”
Title
J. G. BUCHANAN-SMITH; Y. T. YAO Canadian Journal of Animal Science 1981. doi:10.4141/cjas81-081
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect The lactic acid bacteria additive did not affect final pH, lactic or acetic acid concentration of corn silage.
- Intervention effect The lactic acid bacteria additive did not affect crude protein, NPN-N or NH4+-N of corn silage.
- Intervention effect Recovery of energy from corn silage treated with the lactic acid bacteria additive was greater than control in two pairs of silos.
- Intervention effect Recoveries of dry matter and crude protein in corn silage were not consistently affected by the lactic acid bacteria additive.
- Intervention effect The enzyme and antioxidant additive did not affect pH, lactic acid or acetic acid of 60-day alfalfa silage.
- Intervention effect The enzyme and antioxidant additive did not affect butyric acid, Fleig score or residual water-soluble carbohydrate of 60-day alfalfa silage.
- Intervention effect The enzyme and antioxidant additive did not affect percent of total N as NPN-N or ammonia-N of 60-day alfalfa silage.
- Observation Poor quality alfalfa silage resulted from fermentation at 20 and 30% dry matter.
- Intervention effect Additional glucose resolved the poor quality of alfalfa silage made at 20 and 30% dry matter.
- Intervention effect The additives did not resolve the poor quality of alfalfa silage made at 20 and 30% dry matter.
- Intervention effect Additional water-soluble carbohydrate had beneficial effects on alfalfa silage fermentation.
- Mechanism Lactic acid bacteria already present in untreated alfalfa are sufficient for adequate fermentation.