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: Received: 15 July 2024 / Approved: 15 July 2024 / Online: 16 July 2024 (09:49:58 CEST)
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de Andrade, R. C.; Orrico Junior, M. A. P.; da Silva, Y. A.; Retore, M.; Fernandes, T.; Orrico, A. C. A.; Vargas Junior, F. M. D.; Amaral, I. P. D. O. Impact of Monensin Sodium and Essential Limonene Oil on the Fermentation and Chemical Composition of TMR Silages With Moisture Variations. Preprints2024, 2024071282. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1282.v1
de Andrade, R. C.; Orrico Junior, M. A. P.; da Silva, Y. A.; Retore, M.; Fernandes, T.; Orrico, A. C. A.; Vargas Junior, F. M. D.; Amaral, I. P. D. O. Impact of Monensin Sodium and Essential Limonene Oil on the Fermentation and Chemical Composition of TMR Silages With Moisture Variations. Preprints 2024, 2024071282. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1282.v1
de Andrade, R. C.; Orrico Junior, M. A. P.; da Silva, Y. A.; Retore, M.; Fernandes, T.; Orrico, A. C. A.; Vargas Junior, F. M. D.; Amaral, I. P. D. O. Impact of Monensin Sodium and Essential Limonene Oil on the Fermentation and Chemical Composition of TMR Silages With Moisture Variations. Preprints2024, 2024071282. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1282.v1
APA Style
de Andrade, R. C., Orrico Junior, M. A. P., da Silva, Y. A., Retore, M., Fernandes, T., Orrico, A. C. A., Vargas Junior, F. M. D., & Amaral, I. P. D. O. (2024). Impact of Monensin Sodium and Essential Limonene Oil on the Fermentation and Chemical Composition of TMR Silages With Moisture Variations. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1282.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
de Andrade, R. C., Fernando Miranda de Vargas Junior and Isabele Paola de Oliveira Amaral. 2024 "Impact of Monensin Sodium and Essential Limonene Oil on the Fermentation and Chemical Composition of TMR Silages With Moisture Variations" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1282.v1
Abstract
Monensin and essential oils have antimicrobial properties that may impact silage fermentation. The present study investigates the effects of monensin and essential oils as additives in the ensiling of total mixed ration (TMR). In the first assay, TMR was tested with sheep in growth (65% dry matter - DM) using the following treatments: control (no additive), MON35 (35 mg monensin/kg DM), MON45 (45 mg monensin/kg DM), ELO300 (300 mg essential oil/kg DM), and ELO600 (600 mg essential oil/kg DM). In the second assay, the same treatments were used in TMR for lactating cows under two moisture conditions (30% and 40% DM). The parameters assessed included fermentative losses, short-chain fatty acid profile, aerobic stability, chemical-bromatological composition, and in vitro DM digestibility of the silages. In the first assay, the treatments with ELO had the lowest pH values and the highest lactic acid concentrations, with treatment ELO600 leading to the highest aerobic stability (297.88 h). Only the starch contents of the ELO treatments were lower than the others. In the second assay, the silages with the highest moisture contents and ELO600 exhibited the lowest values of DM recovery, lactic acid, and pH. The highest lactic acid:acetic acid ratios were observed in the silages with the most moisture added with MON35 and MON45. The use of MON and ELO increased aerobic stability, with the highest values observed for ELO600 and MON35. The treatments with MON and ELO resulted in silages with the lowest fiber contents and highest ether extract and starch contents when compared with control. Thus, MON and essential oils improve fermentative quality but ELO should be used in lower doses in humid silages to avoid negative fermentation impacts.
Keywords
total diets; ionophore; limonene; moisture; dairy cows
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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