Agronomy, 2021 Intercropping of silage maize (Zea mays L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is not a common practice because alfalfa generally reduces maize grain and biomass yield.
Marisol Berti, Dulan P Samarappuli
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Replacement of Maize Silage and Soyabean Meal with Mulberry Silage in the Diet of Hu Lambs on Growth, Gastrointestinal Tissue Morphology, Rumen Fermentation Parameters and Microbial Diversity [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Maize silage has a significant environmental impact on livestock due to its high requirement for fertilizer and water. Mulberry has the potential to replace much of the large amount of maize silage grown in China, but its feeding value in the conserved ...
Haoqi Han +9 more
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Effect of the Replacement of Maize Silage and Soyabean Meal with Mulberry Silage in the Diet of Hu Lambs on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemical Indices, Slaughter Performance, and Meat Quality [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Maize silage has a high demand for fertilizer and water. As an unconventional feed resource, mulberry silage has the potential to replace most maize silage and to alleviate the shortage of roughage in the mutton sheep industry in China.
Mingyan Wang +8 more
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A comparative evaluation of maize silage quality under diverse pre-ensiling strategies. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMaize silage serves as a significant source of energy and fibre for the diets of dairy and beef cattle. However, the quality of maize silage is contingent upon several crucial considerations, including dry matter loss, fermentative profile, pH level ...
Lorenzo Serva
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Fermentative profile and nutritive value of maize, legume and mixed silage
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2023 The partial substitution of maize by tropical legumes for the production of silage has aroused interest, for bringing benefits of increasing the crude protein content of corn-only silage, constituting an important alternative for the production of food ...
Luciana Maria da Silva +9 more
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Chemical composition and quality of sweet sorghum and maize silages [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2011 Sweet sorghum (Sorghum saccharatum) silage, maize (Zea mays) silage, and sorghum and maize (1:1) silage were investigated. The silages were analysed for chemical composition, quality and aerobic stability.
Zbigniew PODKÓWKA, Lucyna PODKÓWKA
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Microorganisms, 2023 Maize silage is produced to alleviate the effects of forage shortages on ruminant animals, particularly during the dry season. Microorganisms play a significant role in silage fermentation and thus, to a large extent, determine the silage quality.
Thamsanqa Doctor Empire Mpanza +1 more
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Comparation between maize and sorghum silage quality: A meta-analysis study [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 Forage maize silage and sorghum silage might be comparable in terms of nutrient content, especially in fermentation quality. Many studies have been conducted on this matter, but no comprehensive analysis exists.
Alifia Ratnaningtyas Ferry +2 more
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Factors correlated of farmers, use of maize silage as animal fodder in a village in Fayoum Governorate [PDF]
Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development, 2023 The research aimed mainly to identify the Factors affecting of use of maize silage as animal fodder, by identifying characteristics of the respondents, identifying the extent of their use of maize silage as animal fodder, determining the knowledge level ...
Salwa Mohamed Abdelgawad Ahmed
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The effect of additives on mycotoxic contamination of maize silages [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2022 Addition of silage additives is commonly concentrated on the improvement of nutritive and fermentative features of silages, but in recent years, mycotoxic contamination is also a feature monitored after the treatment.
Mária KALÚZOVÁ +9 more
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