Animal Husbandry and Feed Science ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 38-38.doi: 10.12160/j.issn.1672-5190.2015.05.016

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Effect of Different Packaging Density on the Fermentation Quality of Daucus carota Seedings Silage

DING Wan, LIU Zi-yu, DONG Xiang, XU Qing-fang, SUN Jiang, XU Jia-rui (College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China)   

  • Online:2015-05-20 Published:2015-05-20

Abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different packaging density on the quality, nutrient content and ammonia nitrogen content of Daucus carota seedings fermented silage. The Daucus carota seedings were packaged to ferment with high density (486.0 kg/m3), moderated density (428.4 kg/m3) and low density (300.3 kg/m3), respectively. After 330 d fermentation, the samples were collected and tested. While pH value and ammonia nitrogen content of Daucus carota seedings silage fermented with low packaging density were significantly lower than those of silage fermented with high packaging density (P〈0.05), the crude protein content of silage fermented with low packaging density was higher than that of silage fermented with high and moderate packaging density. Based on the of comprehensive evaluation of fermentation quality, nutrient content and ammonia nitrogen content, the 300.3 kg/m3 was recommended as preferred packaging density of Daucus carota seedings fermented silage.

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