Cottonseed cake as nutritional additive for sorghum silages.

This study aimed to determine the optimal proportion of cottonseed cake (CSC) as an additive in sorghum silage to improve its chemical composition, fermentative profile, microbial populations, losses, dry matter recovery, and aerobic stability. Five treatments were evaluated, varying the inclusion o...

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Autores: JUSTINO, E. S., SANTOS, E. M., OLIVEIRA, J. S., ARAUJO, G. G. L. de, CAVALCANTI, H. S., SANTANA, L. P., SOARES, R. L., PERAZZO, A. F., SANTOS, F. N. S., ZANINE, A. M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1156952
Acceso en línea:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1156952
https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2023.2252379
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sorgo bicolor
Teor de matéria seca
Caroço de algodão
Sorghum Bicolor
Subproduto
Matéria Seca
Lipídio
Silagem
Byproducts
Dry matter intake
Gossypium
Lipids
Cottonseed
Cottonseed protein
Cottonseed products
Cottonseed oil
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Sumario:This study aimed to determine the optimal proportion of cottonseed cake (CSC) as an additive in sorghum silage to improve its chemical composition, fermentative profile, microbial populations, losses, dry matter recovery, and aerobic stability. Five treatments were evaluated, varying the inclusion of CSC at ensiling (0, 50, 100, 200, and 200 g kg−1 on fresh matter basis). The results showed that the inclusion of CSC significantly increased the content of dry matter, crude protein, and ether extract in the silages. Water-soluble carbohydrates, buffering capacity, and ammoniacal nitrogen exhibited a linear decrease with increasing CSC inclusion. The populations of lactic acid bacteria and moulds showed a quadratic response to CSC inclusion. The yeast population was completely inhibited with a minimum inclusion of 200 g kg−1 CSC. Aerobic stability and dry matter recovery showed a linear increase with CSC inclusion. These findings indicate that adding CSC to sorghum silage enhances its nutritive value, fermentative profile, dry matter recovery, and effectively inhibits yeast growth, which is recommended to include 200 g kg−1 of CSC for good cost-effectiveness.