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Effect of Adding Different Lactic Acid Bacteria Inoculants on Nutrient Values of Alfalfa Silage

LAI Yu-jiao1,LUO Hai-ling1,WANG Zhen-zhen1,LU Xiao-nan1,QU Yang-hua1,GAO Wei-min1,LIU Kun1,YU Zhu2   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition,College of Animal Science and Technology,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China;2.Institute of Grassland Science,China Agricultural University,Beijing 100193,China
  • Received:2014-02-25 Online:2014-08-20 Published:2014-08-22

Abstract: This experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of adding different lactic acid bacteria inoculants on nutrient values of alfalfa silage.The test took the alfalfa as material while adding Lactobacillus casei(A-LAB),Lactobacillus plantarum(B-LAB) and Pediococcus pentosaceus (C-LAB) at dose of 106 CFU/g fresh weight to ensile and set the control group,respectively.The cornell net carbohydrate and protein systems (CNCPS) was used to evaluate nutrient values of alfalfa silage after ensiling 45 days.The results showed that adding lactic acid bacteria inoculants could decrease the content of non-protein nitrogen (PA) compared with the control group. and the effect of B-LAB reached to the significant level (P<0.05).The content of intermediately degraded protein (PB2) and slowly degraded protein (PB3) of all the lactic acid bacteria inoculant groups were higher than the control group,but the difference was not significant (P>0.05).In the aspects of carbohydrate fractions,adding lactic acid bacteria inoculant increased the content of sugars (CA) and non-structural carbohydrate (CNSC) and decreased the content of available fiber (CB2),and the effect of A-LAB reached to the significant level (P<0.05).In conclusion,adding lactic acid bacteria inoculant could improve the nutrient values of alfalfa silage to certain extent by preserving the true protein and increasing the content of rapid degradation rates and CNSC of carbohydrate fractions,and Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus casei had the better effect.

Key words: alfalfa silage; lactic acid bacteria; CNCPS; nutrient value