Performance of Holstein heifers fed sugarcane silages treated with urea, sodium benzoate or Lactobacillus buchneri.

AUTOR(ES)

PEDROSO, A. de F.

FONTE

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011

RESUMO

The objective of this work was to evaluate the performance of heifers fed sugarcane silages produced with and without additives. Thirty-two Holstein heifers were randomly assigned, in a block design, to evaluate rations (46% silage; 54% concentrate; 12% crude protein) containing silages treated with (fresh basis) urea (0.5%), sodium benzoate (0.1%) or Lactobacillus buchneri (3.64x105 cfu g-1). Inoculation with L. buchneri improved daily gain (1.24 vs. 0.94 kg day-1), and the addition of benzoate resulted in better feed conversion (7.6 vs. 9.4 kg of dry matter per kg of live weight), in relation to the untreated silage (control). Treatments did not affect dry matter intake (mean of 2.19% of live weight). Rations containing silages treated with benzoate or L. buchneri showed lower cost per kg of weight gain. Treatment with urea did not improve animal performance, but the cost per kg of weight gain was lower than that of the control ration.

ASSUNTO(S)

additive inoculant nutritional value weight gain aditivo inoculante valor nutritivo ganho de peso

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