Silage quality of Brachiaria brizantha cultivars ensiled with different levels of millet meal

• Autor(a) principal: Costa,K.A.P
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Assis,R.L, Guimarães,K.C, Severiano,E.C, Assis Neto,J.M, Crunivel,W.S, Garcia,J.F, Santos,N.F
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352011000100028
• topic: millet meal; marandu grass; piatã grass; xaraés grass

The silage quality of Brachiaria brizantha cultivars ensiled with different levels of millet meal was evaluated. The experimental design was a completely randomized with three replications in a factorial 3 x 4, with three cultivars of Brachiaria brizantha: marandu, xaraés, and piatã and four levels of millet meal 0, 5, 10, and 15%. The addition of millet meal improved the quality of B. brizantha silage. The inclusion of the additive at 15% provided the best nutritional values. The piatã silage had the lowest contents of neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, and lignin and the highest content of total digestible nutrients, being a better quality silage as compared to those of xaraés and marandu grasses.