Claim · model-written summary
Inoculants tended to reduce propionic acid content of forage sorghum silage (p<0.01).
- Taxon
- forage sorghume0
- Treatment
- Inoculantse3
- Outcome
- propionic acide3
- Direction
- reducee3
- Comparator
- Silage with no additivese2
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Whole forage sorghum (saccharatum) cultivar FS5”
e1“At ensiling, it was treated with two commercial silage inoculants: Pioneer 1188 (Inoculant A) and Eco-corn (Inoculant B)”
e2“Silage with no additives served as a control”
e3“Inoculants did not influence (p>0.05) the ash and total N contents, but tended to reduce acetic acid (p<0.05), butyric acid (p<0.01) and propionic acid (p<0.01) contents”
Title
The Effects of Two Inoculants Applied to Forage Sorghum at Ensiling on Silage Characteristics
Guan Wu-tai; G. Ashbell; Y. Hen; et al. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2002. doi:10.5713/ajas.2002.218
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Both inoculants caused a more rapid rate of pH decrease in forage sorghum silage than no additives.
- Intervention effect Both inoculants caused a higher amount of lactic acid production in forage sorghum silage than no additives.
- Intervention effect Inoculants did not change the ash and total N contents of forage sorghum silage.
- Intervention effect Inoculants tended to reduce acetic acid content of forage sorghum silage (p<0.05).
- Intervention effect Inoculants tended to reduce butyric acid content of forage sorghum silage (p<0.01).
- Intervention effect Inoculant B silage had the highest DM content (p<0.05).
- Intervention effect Inoculant B silage had the highest lactic acid content (p<0.01).
- Intervention effect Inoculant B silage had the lowest acetic acid content (p<0.05).
- Intervention effect Inoculant B reduced ADF content of forage sorghum silage (p<0.01).
- Intervention effect Inoculant B reduced ADL and NDF contents of forage sorghum silage (p<0.05).
- Observation Control silages had the highest volatile fatty acid levels and no lactic acid, indicating secondary fermentation.
- Observation All silages were well preserved and stable upon exposure to air.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that both inoculants may improve the fermentation process of forage sorghum silage.
- Observation No silage advantage could be attributed to any of the inoculants used.
- Intervention effect Silage treated with Inoculant A had lower DM content.
- Intervention effect Silage treated with Inoculant A had greater gas loss from DM loss.
- Intervention effect Silage treated with Inoculant A had higher yeast counts upon aerobic exposure.