R. Pancholy et al., EFFECT OF UREA-MOLASSES AND LACTIC CULTURE ON SILAGE FERMENTATION OF CENCHRUS-CILIARIS, Annals of Arid Zone, 33(2), 1994, pp. 147-150
To study the effect of additives, urea, molasses and lactobacillus cul
tures, on silage fermentation of Cenchrus ciliaris in arid regions, 5
treatments with different proportions of urea (1 and 2% DM) and molass
es (8%) were studied in laboratory silos. Molasses addition showed a s
ignificant effect (P < 0.01) on lactic acid production, pH and colifor
m population, while crude protein levels of the silage increased to 9.
29% and 12.27% (DM) on addition of 1% and 2% urea, respectively. Unifo
rm addition of LAB culture at the rate of 6% (cell concentration 1.15
x 10(6) cells gm(-1)) affected final silage quality only in the presen
ce of added molasses