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The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows
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Chopped barley forage was ensiled untreated or treated with several doses (1 x 10(5) to 1 x 10(6) cfu/g of fresh forage) of Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 in laboratory silos and untreated or treated (4 x 10(5) cfu/g) in a farm silo. Silage from the farm silos was fed to lactating cows. In the laboratory silo, the effects of inoculation on fermentation and aerobic stability were also compared to silage treated with a commercial inoculant and a buffered propionic acid additive. Inoculation with L. buchneri 40788 decreased the final concentrations of lactic acid but increased concentrations of acetic acid and ethanol in silage from laboratory and farm silos. Silages stored in laboratory silos did not heat after exposure to air for 7 d and were then mixed with alfalfa silage and a concentrate to form total mixed rations (TMR) that were further exposed to air. The TMR containing silages treated with L. buchneri 40788 or a buffered propionic-acid-based additive took longer to heat and spoil than the TMR containing untreated silage or silagetreated with the commercial inoculant. Silage stored in a farm silo and treated with L. buchneri 40788 had fewer yeasts and molds than did untreated silage. Aerobic stability was greater in treated silage alone and in a TMR containing treated silage. Dry matter intake (18.6 kg/d), milk production (25.7 kg/d), and milk composition did not differ between cows fed a TMR containinguntreated or treated silage. These findings show that L. buchneri can improve the aerobic stability of barley silage in laboratory and farm silos and that feeding treated silage had no negative effect on intake or performance.
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Treating whole-plant barley silage with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 increased acetic acid and ethanol, reduced lactic acid, improved aerobic stability in laboratory and farm silos, and had no negative effect on intake or milk production in lactating dairy cows. The highest laboratory dose was most effective for TMR stability, while farm-treated silage had fewer yeasts and longer stability than untreated.
Key findings
- In laboratory silos after 120 d, L. buchneri 40788 lowered lactic acid (control 3.53% vs 2.11–2.51% for LB1–LB3) and raised acetic acid (control 2.48% vs 4.06–4.98%) and ethanol (control 0.43% vs average 0.91% for treated); propionic acid was greater for LB2 (1.29%) and LB3 (1.44%) than control (0.28%).
- Laboratory silages did not heat after 7 d air exposure, but TMR containing L. buchneri-treated barley was more stable than TMR with untreated silage (95 h); BPA was 105 h and LB1/LB2 averaged 106 h, with the highest dose most effective.
- In the farm silo after 10 mo, treated barley silage had fewer yeasts (2.63 vs 4.89 log10 cfu/g) and greater aerobic stability (190 h vs 66 h) than untreated; TMR stability was also greater with treated silage.
- Lactation study: DMI (18.6 kg/d), milk production (25.7 kg/d), and milk composition did not differ between cows fed TMR containing untreated vs treated barley silage.
Methods
- Laboratory silo study: chopped whole-plant barley wilted to ~36% DM, ensiled in macro silos in triplicate with untreated, L. buchneri 40788 at 1 × 10^5, 5 × 10^5, or 1 × 10^6 cfu/g plus enzymes, a commercial inoculant, or a buffered propionic acid additive; stored 120 d at 20–27°C, then analyzed for fermentation, microbes, DM recovery, and aerobic stability alone and in TMR.
- Lactation study: barley harvested at early heading, wilted to ~40% DM, ensiled untreated or treated with L. buchneri 40788 at 4 × 10^5 cfu/g in a bag silo; after 10 mo, 20 Holstein cows (14 multiparous, 6 primiparous; average 25 kg milk/d, 184 ± 28 DIM) were used in a crossover design with two 4-wk periods, last 2 wk collection, fed TMR with 35% untreated or treated barley silage, 15% corn silage, 50% concentrate.
- Analyses: microbial data log10-transformed; chemical data on DM basis; ANOVA via SAS GLM, Tukey’s test, P < 0.05.
Limitations
- Stated: the lactation study was designed to evaluate potential negative effects of feeding L. buchneri-treated silage during moderate weather (22–28°C), not to show positive effects under severely hot weather and/or poor management.
- Stated: 1,2-propanediol was not measured, and some findings (e.g., propionic acid increases, lower starch/CP in LB2) were unexplained.
- Evident: the farm-scale silo comparison used one bag silo split into untreated and treated halves rather than replicated farm silos; laboratory silages did not heat after 7 d, so TMR stability was assessed using alfalfa silage with high yeast/mold counts (5.17 and 3.00 log10 cfu/g) that spoiled after 124 h.
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“As in past studies, treatment with L. buchneri 40788 and enzymes had no effects on the ADF, NDF, CP, or starch content of silage (Ranjit and Kung, 2000;Kung and Ranjit, 2001).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > DISCUSSION
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- Partly supportedcites Ranjit and Kung, 2000 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Silage Composition section (page not specified) reports no treatment effect on CP or ADF and no NDF difference for the L. buchneri treatments. This paper does not report starch content or test a treatment combining L. buchneri 40788 with enzymes, so it supports only part of the attributed claim. (LLM, conf=0.88)
- Partly supportedcites Kung and Ranjit, 2001 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (page not provided) report that L. buchneri did not affect CP, and that the two higher application rates with enzymes did not affect fiber or starch content. But the lowest rate increased starch and reduced NDF, so the claim of no effects across treatments is too broad. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“The TMR containing silages treated with L. buchneri 40788 or a buffered propionicacid-based additive took longer to heat and spoil than the TMR containing untreated silage or silage treated with the commercial inoculant.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Dry matter intake (18.6 kg/d), milk production (25.7 kg/d), and milk composition did not differ between cows fed a TMR containing untreated or treated silage.”
- Also stated in: § Lactation Study · plain
“Dry matter intake, milk production, and milk composition were not different between treatments (Table 7).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Aerobic stability was greater in treated silage alone and in a TMR containing treated silage.”
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“The aerobic stability of untreated silage was 66 h, whereas treated silage was stable for 190 h.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Dry matter intake (18.6 kg/d), milk production (25.7 kg/d), and milk composition did not differ between cows fed a TMR containing untreated or treated silage.”
- Also stated in: § Lactation Study · plain
“Dry matter intake, milk production, and milk composition were not different between treatments (Table 7).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“The TMR containing silages treated with L. buchneri 40788 or a buffered propionicacid-based additive took longer to heat and spoil than the TMR containing untreated silage or silage treated with the commercial inoculant.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Inoculation with L. buchneri 40788 decreased the final concentrations of lactic acid but increased concentrations of acetic acid and ethanol in silage from laboratory and farm silos.”
- Also stated in: § Laboratory Silo Study · plain
“Concentrations of lactic acid were lower in silages treated with L. buchneri 40788 when compared to other silages.”
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“Treated silage also had a tendency (P < 0.08) for a lower concentration of lactic acid but higher concentration of acetic acid than did untreated silage.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Silage stored in a farm silo and treated with L. buchneri 40788 had fewer yeasts and molds than did untreated silage.”
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“Untreated silage contained 4.89 log 10 cfu of yeasts per gram of silage, but treated silage had only 2.63 log 10 cfu of yeasts per gram of silage.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Inoculation with L. buchneri 40788 decreased the final concentrations of lactic acid but increased concentrations of acetic acid and ethanol in silage from laboratory and farm silos.”
- Also stated in: § Laboratory Silo Study · plain
“In contrast, the concentrations of acetic acid were greater in all silages treated with L. buchneri 40788.”
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“Treated silage also had a tendency (P < 0.08) for a lower concentration of lactic acid but higher concentration of acetic acid than did untreated silage.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“The TMR containing silages treated with L. buchneri 40788 or a buffered propionicacid-based additive took longer to heat and spoil than the TMR containing untreated silage or silage treated with the commercial inoculant.”
- Also stated in: § Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 85, No. 7, 2002 · plain
“All TMR containing barley silages inoculated with L. buchneri 40788 were more stable than the TMR containing untreated silage (95 h).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Abstract
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“Treatment with L. buchneri 40788 has also increased the concentrations of propionic acid in some (Driehuis et , 1999a;Kung and Ranjit, 2001) but not all silages (Ranjit and Kung, 2000), and the reason for this finding is unclear at this time.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > DISCUSSION
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites Driehuis et , 1999a
- Partly supportedcites Kung and Ranjit, 2001 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results and Discussion report increased propionic acid in barley silage treated with L. buchneri, supporting this paper’s citation for an increase in some silages. The Materials and Methods identify the organism only as L. buchneri, not strain 40788, so our copy does not verify the strain-specific attribution. The citing sentence assigns the ‘not all’ finding to a different citation. (LLM, conf=0.82)
- Supportedcites Ranjit and Kung, 2000 source
The citation to Ranjit and Kung (2000) supports the 'but not all silages' portion of the sentence. In the Discussion, the authors say they did not observe the increase in propionic acid reported elsewhere; Silage Composition likewise reports negligible propionate in the L. buchneri treatments. The statement that the reason is unclear is the citing authors’ framing, not a finding attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Butyric acid was 0.84% in untreated silage and was lower in silage treated with LB2, LB3, IN, and BPA”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
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“The alfalfa silage had been ensiled without additives and contained 5.17 and 3.00 log 10 cfu of yeasts and molds, respectively.”
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“The numbers of yeasts and molds were very low (less than 2.5 log 10 cfu/g) and not different among treatments.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
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“Specifically, the number of yeasts averaged 5.22 log 10 cfu/g, and the aerobic stability of corn silage alone was 60 h.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Lactation Study
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“Small differences were observed in DM, pH, and concentration of WSC in freshly chopped barley forage before ensiling (Table 1).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
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“Treatments had no effects on the concentration of residual NH 3 -N, with the exception of a higher level of NH 3 -N for silage treated with LB1.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
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“Yeasts ranged from 4.46 to 5.83 log 10 cfu/g, and molds ranged from 3.85 to 4.50 log 10 cfu/g.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
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“Specifically, the number of yeasts averaged 5.22 log 10 cfu/g, and the aerobic stability of corn silage alone was 60 h.”
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“Under farm conditions, a moderate dose (4 × 10 5 ) of L. buchneri 40788 also improved the aerobic stability of barley silage alone and of a TMR comprised of the treated silage.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > CONCLUSIONS
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“After the pretreatment period, cows were blocked on DIM, parity, and milk yield and randomly allocated to one of two treatments.”
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“and that feeding treated silage had no negative effect on intake or performance.”
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“The study during the treatment period was a crossover design that consisted of two 4-wk periods.”
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“In past studies, high concentrations of acetic acid in silages have sometimes been associated with lower DMI (Wilkins et al., 1971;Rook and Gill, 1990).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > DISCUSSION
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- Not checked yetcites Wilkins et al., 1971 source
- Not checked yetcites Rook and Gill, 1990
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“Recently, the aerobic stability of a variety of silage crops has been markedly improved by inoculation with a heterolactic acid bacterium, Lactobacillus buchneri.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked yetcites Muck, 1996
- Not checked yetcites Driehuis et al., 1999a
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“In circumstances where DMI is depressed and associated with feeding silages with high concentrations of acetic acid (but not from treatment with L. buchneri 40788), other unidentified factors related to the undesirable fermentation may be contributing to the depression in intake.”
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“However, this tenet is controver-sial, as few strong relations between silage acids and intake have been observed in recent summaries (Steen et al., 1998;Wright et al., 2000).”
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“the care of animals was via accepted protocols (Federation of Animal Science Societies, 1999).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 85, No. 7, 2002
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- Not checked yetcites Federation of Animal Science Societies, 1999
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“In previous studies, treatment with low levels of buffered propionic acid additives have consistently improved the aerobic stability of silages ensiled in laboratory silos (Kung et al., 1998;Kung et al., 2000).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > DISCUSSION
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“In that study, DMI was not affected when cows were fed treated silage.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked yetcites Driehuis et al., 1999b
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Bunker silos result in considerable amounts of silage that are exposed to air.
“However, these structures result in considerable amounts of silage that are exposed to air”
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Complaints related to the poor aerobic stability of silages from bunker silos have increased.
“complaints related to the poor aerobic stability of silages from these types of silos have increased.”
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Unless silages are packed tightly and managed well during removal, infiltration of air into the silage mass can stimulate the growth of aerobic microbes and cause silage to spoil quickly.
“Unless the silages are packed tightly and managed well during removal from the silo, infiltration of air into the silage mass can stimulate the growth of aerobic microbes and cause silage to spoil quickly.”
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Lactobacillus buchneri inhibits the proliferation of yeasts in silage via the production of acetic acid.
“Lactobacillus buchneri has been shown to inhibit the proliferation of yeasts in silage via the production of acetic acid.”
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Higher concentrations of acetic acid inhibit yeasts.
“Thus, silage treated with L. buchneri 40788 often has a moderately high concentration of ethanol despite having lower numbers of yeasts, which are inhibited by the higher concentration of acetic acid.”
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“Previous studies showed that inoculation with P. freudenreichii (1 × 10 4 cfu/g) with or without homolac-tic bacteria did not affect propionic acid concentration, yeast and mold counts, or aerobic stability of maize and barley silages (Ranjit et al., 2002;Taylor et al., 2002).”
From Control of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in corn silage with or without various inoculants: Efficacy and mode of action (2010) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2002
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“As in this study, inoculation with L. buchneri typically results in acetate concentrations ranging from 36 to 50 g/kg of DM (Driehuis et al., 2001;Taylor et al., 2002).”
From Control of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in corn silage with or without various inoculants: Efficacy and mode of action (2010) · cites this paper as Taylor et al., 2002
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§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
“After 7 d of exposure to air, silages (30%, DM basis) were combined with alfalfa silage (30%) and a dairy concentrate (40%) from the University of Delaware Dairy to form a TMR.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 85, No. 7, 2002
“Thus, experimental TMR were created by mixing these silages (35%, DM basis) with alfalfa silage (15%) that had been stored in a commercial bag silo (on-farm) and a pelleted concentrate (50% [Table 3]).”
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§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > DISCUSSION
“An exception in this study was a lower concentration of starch and CP in silage treated with LB2, and we have no explanation for this finding.”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
“After 120 d of ensiling in laboratory silos, the concentrations of WSC, CP, ADF, NDF, and starch were not affected by treatment (Table 2).”
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§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > Laboratory Silo Study
“After 120 d of ensiling in laboratory silos, the concentrations of WSC, CP, ADF, NDF, and starch were not affected by treatment (Table 2).”
§ The Effect of Treating Whole-Plant Barley with Lactobacillus buchneri 40788 on Silage Fermentation, Aerobic Stability, and Nutritive Value for Dairy Cows 1 > CONCLUSIONS
“| CP, % | 9.53 ab | 9.93 a | 8.63 c | 9.63 ab | 9.33 b | 9.93 a | 0.11 |”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Taylor, C. C., Ranjit, N. J., Mills, J. A., Neylon, J. M., & Kung, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kung, L.
- ORCID
- Kung, L.
- Venue
- Journal of Dairy Science
- Publisher
- American Dairy Science Association
- Published
- 2002-07
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1793-1800
- ISSN
- 0022-0302 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1993794810
- Semantic Scholar
- 5bcf8c7aca2eb0893e51230a7e7768fca0169920
- Cited by
- 137
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 9.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Dairy Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Keywords
- barley silage, silage inoculation, aerobic stability, silage fermentation, lactic acid, acetic acid, ethanol, silage spoilage, molds and yeasts, silage inoculants, total mixed ration, dairy cattle, dry matter intake, milk production, milk composition
- MeSH terms
- Aerobiosis, Animals, Animal Feed, Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Hordeum, Cattle, Female, Fermentation, Food Preservation, Lactation, Lactobacillus, Nutritive Value, Propionates, Silage, Colony Count, Microbial, Acetic Acid
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