1. Effect of paddy straw incorporation on bale silage quality of maize fodder
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Zahid Bashir Khanday, Raman Malik, H.B. Naliyapara, Diwas Pradhan, Prince Chauhan, and G.M. Kedare
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Lactobacillus casei ,Veterinary medicine ,Moisture ,biology ,Silage ,food and beverages ,Straw ,biology.organism_classification ,Lactic acid ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Animal science ,chemistry ,Fodder ,Fermentation ,Hemicellulose - Abstract
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of incorporation of paddy stray on quality of maize fodder based bale silage. Treatments consisted of increasing proportion of paddy straw (brought to 60% moisture) starting at 0 parts (PS0), to 15 (PS1), 25 (PS2), 35 (PS3) and 95 parts (PS4), with decreasing maize fodder from 100, to 80, 70, 60 and 0 parts, respectively. Five parts of molasses and Lactobacillus casei (NCDC -17) at 10 6 CFU/g on fresh weight basis was added to each treatment. The bale silage was prepared by using a 100 kg bailing machine. Each treatment was evaluated after 60 days of ensiling in terms of quality parameters, chemical composition, fermentation characteristics, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) counts and in vitro digestibility. A significant (P
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- 2021
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