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Effects of urea and molasses supplementation on chemical composition,
protein fractionation and fermentation characteristics of sweet sorghum
and bagasse silages as alternative silage crop compared with maize
silage in the arid areas
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Shahabodin Zafari Naeini1, Mohammad
Khorvash2, Ebrahim Rowghani3*, Alireza Bayat4
and Zahra Nikousefat5 |
1Department
of Animal Science, College
of Agriculture,
Shiraz
University, Shiraz, Iran
2Department
of Animal Science, College
of Agriculture,
Isfahan
University of
Technology,
Isfahan, Iran
3Department
of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Darab Branch, Islamic Azad
University, Darab, Iran
4Animal
Production Research, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Jokioinen, FI-31600, Finland
5Department
of Clinical Science, Veterinary Faculty,
Razi
University,
Kermanshah, Iran
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Abstract |
This study was planned to determine the chemical composition, protein
fractionation and fermentation characteristics of sweet sorghum and
sweet sorghum bagasse silages treated with urea and molasses. Treatments
were maize silage (MS), sweet sorghum silage (SS), sweet sorghum bagasse
silage (BS) and/or urea and molasses supplemented (10 and 50 g/kg dry
matter (DM) basis, respectively) SS and BS. Triplicate silage samples
were prepared for each treatment in laboratory silos. Fresh sweet
sorghum and its bagasse had greater (P<0.01) DM and NFC, but lower
(P<0.01) CP and a NDF concentrations compared with maize. After 90 d of
ensiling, similar results were found in produced silages. The SS and BS
had lower protein “A” fraction but greater protein “C” fraction (P<0.01)
compared with MS. Treating of SS and BS with urea or molasses resulted
in an increased (P<0.05) in pH. Orthogonal comparisons showed adding
urea increased CP, lactate, ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N)
concentrations, and pH value but decreased NFC (P<0.01). Adding molasses
to SS and BS silages increased DM, WSC, NFC, pH (P<0.01) and in vitro
digestibility of DM (P<0.05) while caused a decrease in a NDF, ADF,
acetate (P<0.01) and ethanol (P<0.05). Adding of urea or urea plus
molasses to SS and BB resulted an increase in protein “A” fraction
(P<0.01) but a decrease in protein “C” fraction (P<0.01). Therefore,
simultaneous application of urea and molasses improved
the nutritional quality, DM digestibility, protein fractionations and
fermentation characteristics of SS and BS and offered a potential
alternative silage crop compared with maize in the arid areas.
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Keywords:
Additives; fermentation characteristics; protein
fractionation; sweet sorghum; sweet sorghum bagasse |
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To cite this article:
Zafari Naeini S, M Khorvash, E Rowghani,
A Bayat and Z Nikousefat,
2014.
Effects of urea and molasses supplementation on chemical composition,
protein fractionation and fermentation characteristics of sweet sorghum
and bagasse silagesas alternative silage crop compared with maize silage
in the arid areas.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 4(6): 343-352. |
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