Additives on the ensilage of sugar cane: control of alcoholic fermentation; nutritional value of silages; sheep and cattle performance; cattle meat quality

• Grant number: 09/05362-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2009
• End date: July 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Nutrition and Feeding
• Principal Investigator: André de Faria Pedroso
• Grantee: André de Faria Pedroso
• Host Institution: Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA). Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Brasil). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The viability of sugar cane use as silage depends on alcoholic fermentation control during conservation. Several additives have been evaluated for that purpose but results indicate the necessity to adjust dosages of some products and test new ones, in order to achieve more efficiency in the process. The lack of data and variability in experimental results indicate the necessity of more research works in this area, including evaluation of performance and meat quality of sheep and cattle fed these silages. Considering also that evaluation of additives may be difficulted by variation in method of laboratorial silage production and ethanol analysis in the silages, this research project is proposed with the objective to evaluate: influence of micro silo type and method of silage extract preparation over, respectively, production and recover of ethanol in sugar cane silages; evaluate a new additive (ammonium propionate) and determine the best proportion of promising additives in a mixture (urea and sodium benzoate); broaden the data base on the effects of applying calcium oxide (CaO) in the ensilage of sugar cane; evaluate the nutritional value of silages and performance of sheep and beef cattle fed rations containing treated sugar cane silages; evaluate the effect of feeding sugar cane silages on cattle meat quality. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PEDROSO, ANDRE DE FARIA; PEDROSO, ALEXANDRE MENDONCA; BARIONI JUNIOR, WALDOMIRO; DE SOUZA, GILBERTO BATISTA. Evaluation of sugarcane laboratory ensiling and analysis techniques. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 43, n. 4, p. 169-174, APR 2014. (09/05362-2)

PEDROSO, A. F.; ESTEVES, S. N.; JUNIOR, W. B.; SOUZA, G. B.. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, FERMENTATION PROFILE AND APPARENT DIGESTIBILITY OF SUGARCANE SILAGE TREATED WITH CHEMICAL ADDITIVES. Boletim da Indústria Animal, v. 74, n. 3, p. 182-194, 2017. (09/05362-2)

PEDROSO, A. F.; NASSU, R. T.; TULLIO, R. R.; BERNDT, A.; BARIONI JUNIOR, W.; ESTEVES, S. N.; PEDROSO, A. M.; SOUZA, G. B.. SUGARCANE SILAGE TREATED WITH CALCIUM HYDROXIDE IN FEEDLOT CATTLE DIET: ANIMAL PERFORMANCE AND MEAT QUALITY. Boletim da Indústria Animal, v. 75, n. 1, 2018. (09/05362-2)