Effects of ensiling sugarcane tops with bacteria-enzyme inoculants on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and the associated rumen microbiome in beef cattle.

ABSTRACT: Major challenges when ensiling sugarcane tops include fermentation that results in high quantities of alcohol and decrease in nutrient digestibility due to the accumulation of fiber components. Increased efforts to apply bacteria-enzyme inoculants in silage have the potential to improve nutrient digestibility. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ensiling sugarcane tops with bacteria-enzyme inoculants or mixed bacterial inoculants on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and rumen microbiome in beef cattle. Chopped sugarcane tops were ensiled in plastic bags for 60 d after application of 1) no inoculant (control check, CK); 2) bacteria-enzyme inoculants containing Pediococcus acidilactici, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cellulase, and xylanase (T1, viable colony-forming units of ea

SUBMITTER: Tang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10636847 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature