Abstract
Fully fermented whole-plant corn silage is often sold in small quantities to cattle producers. The purpose of this experiment was to determine if adding a bacterial-based silage inoculant to corn silage would reduce deterioration. A total of 18,000 kg of fully fermented corn silage was removed from a bunker silo and placed into a pile. The pile was subdivided into 8 sections with an inoculant top-dressed to alternating sections. Samples from the top 15 cm were collected at 0, 24, 48, 72, 120, 240, and 336 h after top-dressing the inoculant to the pile. Results indicated that there were no effects of inoculant on DM, NDF, ADF, CP, and ash content of the corn silage. There were no differences between treatments for lactic acid and pH over time. Acetic acid concentration was similar between treatments except the control treatment was higher at 120 h. Mold counts were higher in the control corn silage at 336 h compared with the silage that had inoculant applied. Yeast counts were higher at 24, 48, and 72 h for the control corn silage than for the inoculated corn silage. Deoxynivalenol and zearalenone were not affected by treatment. Top-dressing an inoculant did not overwhelmingly reduce spoilage when fully fermented corn silage was purchased in small quantities. Corn silage appears to maintain its nutrient concentration during the winter for up to 240 h.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculant did not affect DM, NDF and ADF content of corn silage.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- inoculante0
- Outcome
- DM, NDF, ADFe0
- Direction
- no effectse0
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e0“Results indicated that there were no effects of inoculant on DM, NDF, ADF, CP, and ash content of the corn silage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Inoculant did not affect CP and ash content of corn silage.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- inoculante0
- Outcome
- CP, and ash contente0
- Direction
- no effectse0
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e0“Results indicated that there were no effects of inoculant on DM, NDF, ADF, CP, and ash content of the corn silage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Lactic acid and pH did not differ between treatments over time.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- lactic acid and pHe0
- Direction
- no differencese0
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e0“There were no differences between treatments for lactic acid and pH over time.”
t0“corn silage”
Claim · model-written summary
Control silage had higher acetic acid concentration at 120 hours.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- control treatmente0
- Outcome
- Acetic acid concentratione0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- 120 he0
- Comparator
- treatmentse0
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e0“Acetic acid concentration was similar between treatments except the control treatment was higher at 120 h.”
t0“corn silage”
Claim · model-written summary
Control corn silage had higher mold counts at 336 hours than inoculated silage.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- inoculante0
- Outcome
- Mold countse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- 336 he0
- Comparator
- control corn silagee0
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e0“Mold counts were higher in the control corn silage at 336 h compared with the silage that had inoculant applied.”
Claim · model-written summary
Control corn silage had higher yeast counts at 24, 48 and 72 hours than inoculated silage.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- inoculated corn silagee0
- Outcome
- Yeast countse0
- Direction
- highere0
- Qualifier
- 24, 48, and 72 he0
- Comparator
- control corn silagee0
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e0“Yeast counts were higher at 24, 48, and 72 h for the control corn silage than for the inoculated corn silage.”
Claim · model-written summary
Deoxynivalenol and zearalenone were unaffected by treatment.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayst0
- Treatment
- treatmente0
- Outcome
- Deoxynivalenol and zearalenonee0
- Direction
- not affectede0
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e0“Deoxynivalenol and zearalenone were not affected by treatment.”
t0“corn silage”
Claim · model-written summary
Top-dressing inoculant did not substantially reduce spoilage of fully fermented corn silage.
- Taxon
- cornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Treatment
- Top-dressing an inoculante0
- Outcome
- spoilagee0
- Direction
- did not overwhelmingly reducee0
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Verbatim
e0“Top-dressing an inoculant did not overwhelmingly reduce spoilage when fully fermented corn silage was purchased in small quantities.”
Claim · model-written summary
Corn silage appears to retain nutrient concentration in winter for up to 240 hours.
- Taxon
- CornZea mays subsp. mayse0
- Outcome
- nutrient concentratione0
- Direction
- maintaine0
- Qualifier
- during the winter for up to 240 he0
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Verbatim
e0“Corn silage appears to maintain its nutrient concentration during the winter for up to 240 h.”
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