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Research Progress on Application of Silage Additives

BAO Wan-hua1,2, BU Deng-pan1, ZHOU Ling-yun1, SUN Peng1, JIANG Ya-hui1, YU Xiong2   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition,Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,China;
    2. College of Animal Science,Xinjiang Agricultural University,Urumqi 830052,China
  • Received:2011-12-15 Online:2012-08-20 Published:2012-08-24

Abstract: Silage is widely used in ruminant production because of high nutritive value, low cost and not limited by the weather and season. During the process of making silage, there are refer to degradation, fermentation, so it is necessary to use additive to control these process. Silage additives play roles in silage preservation, promotion, improving the palatability in fermentation. Silage additives can be divided into: inhibition additives, catalytic additives, nutritional additives. This article provides an overview for the kinds, function and its effect of silage additives in recent years, as well as the development direction in the future.

Key words: silage; additives; effect

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