@article{MAKHILLJAVA20131223986,
    title = {Effect of Forage Species and Additives on Quality of Tropical Forage Silage},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {12},
    number = {2},
    pages = {153-159},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2013.153.159},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2013.153.159},
    author = {P.,A.,S.,S.,C. and},
    keywords = {Tropical forage,quality of silage,chemical compositions,grass,legume},
    abstract = {The current experiments was carried out to investigate the 
  chemical composition and fermentation of silage for 2 species of tropical forage 
  (Mulato II grass; <I>Bracharia ruziziensis x B</I>.<I> brizantha x B</I>. <I>decumbens</I> 
  and Verano stylo; <I>Stylosanthes hamata</I>), havested at 45 days after regrowth. 
  There were combined with 4 additive treatments (cassava meal 5%, molasses 2% 
  and the Fermented Juice of epiphytic Lactic acid Bacteria (FJLB) 1% in a factorial 
  arrangement in Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Sealed plastic bag and each 
  treatment were replicated five times. Silage quality was affected by both species 
  and additive treatments. The DM content of Verano stylo silage (31.26-33.60%) 
  had higher (p&le;0.001) than Mulato II grass silage (20.77-22.23%). The Mulato 
  II grass added with molasses and cassava meal resulted in lower (p&le;0.05) 
  pH (3.30 and 4.01) and higher (p&le;0.001) lactic acid content (81.12 and 102.03 
  g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM), compared to the control and FJLB treatments (4.22 and 
  4.28, 48.34 and 52.36 g kg<SUP>-1</SUP> DM, respectively). For Verano stylo 
  silage, the control had higher pH value than cassava, molasses and FJLB additive 
  (5.06, 4.81, 4.46 and 4.49, respectively) while there was no significant (p&gt;0.05) 
  difference for lactic acid content (34.33, 41.08, 48.89 and 48.04, respectively). 
  There was highest acetic and propionic acid contents for the Mulato II grass 
  added with FJLB whereas acetic and propionic acid content of the Verano stylo 
  added with FJLB had highest among other two additives but lower than the control 
  group. For the practical relevance of this research, it can be concluded that 
  addition of FJLB would improve silages quality of Mulato II by increase preserving 
  properties, although a little effect found for lactic acid content.}
    }