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Article

Effects of Adding Agro-Industrial By-Products of Babassu to Guinea Grass Silage

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Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Maranhão, Chapadinha 65500-000, Brazil
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Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil
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Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Paraíba, Areia 58051-900, Brazil
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Department of Animal Science, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil
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Department of Animal Science, Instituto Federal of Ceará, Crato 63100-000, Brazil
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Institute of Agrifood, Animals and Environmental Sciences, Universidad de O’Higgins, San Fernando 3070000, Chile
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Agriculture 2023, 13(9), 1697; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091697
Submission received: 30 June 2023 / Revised: 12 August 2023 / Accepted: 17 August 2023 / Published: 28 August 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Livestock Nutrition: Pasture System and Forage Conservation)

Abstract

Using by-products added to grass silage in the total mixed ration (TMR) silage form can bring advantages to the ensiling process, raising DM levels, absorbing moisture, and improving the silage’s chemical composition. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of babassu by-products’ inclusion substitution for corn in Guinea grass silage in the total mixed ration as an alternative feed for ruminants. The experiment was a completely randomized design with four treatments (silage) and five replications (silo). There was a significant difference in the fermentation profile and losses of silage (p < 0.001), some organic acids (lactic and butyric acids, p < 0.001), and the percentage of lactic acid in fermentation products (LA:FP, p < 0.001). The TGS showed the highest average for the variable’s maximum temperature (p < 0.001) and hours/max temperature (p = 0.011). Babassu by-products could eventually replace 50% of corn in total mixed rations silage containing Guinea grass, meeting the suggestion for the total mixed ration silage.
Keywords: Attalea especiosa; chemical composition; fermentation profile Attalea especiosa; chemical composition; fermentation profile

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Ferreira, D.; Bandeira, D.; Zanine, A.; Parente, H.; Parente, M.; Rodrigues, R.; Santos, E.M.; Lima, A.G.; Ribeiro, M.; Pinho, R.; et al. Effects of Adding Agro-Industrial By-Products of Babassu to Guinea Grass Silage. Agriculture 2023, 13, 1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091697

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Ferreira D, Bandeira D, Zanine A, Parente H, Parente M, Rodrigues R, Santos EM, Lima AG, Ribeiro M, Pinho R, et al. Effects of Adding Agro-Industrial By-Products of Babassu to Guinea Grass Silage. Agriculture. 2023; 13(9):1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091697

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Ferreira, Daniele, Danrley Bandeira, Anderson Zanine, Henrique Parente, Michelle Parente, Rosane Rodrigues, Edson Mauro Santos, Anny Graycy Lima, Marinaldo Ribeiro, Ricardo Pinho, and et al. 2023. "Effects of Adding Agro-Industrial By-Products of Babassu to Guinea Grass Silage" Agriculture 13, no. 9: 1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091697

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Ferreira, D., Bandeira, D., Zanine, A., Parente, H., Parente, M., Rodrigues, R., Santos, E. M., Lima, A. G., Ribeiro, M., Pinho, R., Oliveira, J., Santos, F. N., Costa, R., Sousa, F. C., Campos, F., & Olivera-Viciedo, D. (2023). Effects of Adding Agro-Industrial By-Products of Babassu to Guinea Grass Silage. Agriculture, 13(9), 1697. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091697

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