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Growth performance of finishing feedlot lambs fed maize silage inoculated with Bacillus subtilis and lactic acid bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2018

C. H. S. Rabelo Open the ORCID record for C. H. S. Rabelo [Opens in a new window] ,
E. C. Lara ,
F. C. Basso ,
C. J. Härter Open the ORCID record for C. J. Härter [Opens in a new window]  and
R. A. Reis
C. H. S. Rabelo*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
E. C. Lara
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
F. C. Basso
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
C. J. Härter
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria 97105-900, RS, Brazil
R. A. Reis
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal 14884-900, SP, Brazil
*
Author for correspondence: C. H. S. Rabelo, E-mail: carlos.rabelo@ufpel.edu.br
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Abstract

Whole-crop maize forage was ensiled without inoculant (control), inoculated with Lactobacillus buchneri and L. plantarum at a rate of 1 × 105 cfu/g fresh forage per bacterium (LBLP), or inoculated with Bacillus subtilis and L. plantarum at a rate 1 × 105 cfu/g fresh forage per bacterium (BSLP) with the goal to investigate the growth performance of finishing feedlot lambs. Thirty Dorper × Santa Ines lambs (29 ± 3.5 kg initial body weight) were used in the feedlot programme and assigned (n = 10) to one of three diets containing control, LBLP or BSLP silages in a 60:40 forage:concentrate ratio. Inoculation of maize silage did not alter dry matter intake (overall mean = 1.16 kg/day) and average daily gain (overall mean = 0.217 kg/day) of lambs. Consequently, feed efficiency remained unchanged. Inoculation of maize silage did not alter carcass and meat traits of lambs, with the exception of meat colour, wherein yellowness (b*) decreased by feeding LBLP and BSLP diets compared with the untreated diet. Regarding ruminal fermentation, there was an interaction between diets and the interval at which ruminal fluid was sampled for determining total volatile fatty acid concentration, but inoculation yielded no obvious results. In conclusion, the use of diets based on maize silage inoculated with L. plantarum combined with either L. buchneri or B. subtilis did not display relevant effects on growth performance of lambs; this response might be related to the limited impact of these bacterial inoculants on silage composition.

Keywords

Bacillus subtilisLactobacillus spp.maize silageruminal fermentationsilage inoculant
Type
Animal Research Paper
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 156 , Issue 6 , August 2018 , pp. 839 - 847
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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