Parâmentros físicos, perfil fermentativo e composição química de silagem de Pennisetum purpureum com feno de Gliricídia sepium

Abstract

The objective was to evaluated the physical parameters, the fermentation characteristics and chemical composition of the elephant grass silage with gliricidia hay, using experimental mini-silos in a randomized design with five treatments: 100% elephant grass; 95% elephant grass with 5% gliricídia hay; 90% elephant grass with 10% gliricídia hay; 80% elephant grass with 20% gliricídia hay and 60% elephant grass with 40% gliricidia hay, with five replicates per treatment. Were determined pH, ammonia nitrogen (AN), buffering capacity (BC), specific mass (SM), dry specific mass (DSM), effluent yield (EY), gas production (GP), dry matter recovery (DMR), dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), hemicellulose (HEM), cellulose (CEL), lignin (LG) , ether extract (EE) and total carbohydrates (TC). The addition of gliricídia hay in elephant grass silage increased linearly the DM, DMS and BC. There was a quadratic for SM, EY, DMR, OM, CP, NDF, HEM, LG and TC. The silages presented pH varying from 4.18 for silage without hay to 4.38 for silages with 40% of the hay. The content of AN was higher for silages without hay (12.24%) and lowest in silages with 40% of the hay (1.40%). The silage without hay had presented lower buffering capacity (41.69 meq/100g of DM) and highest buffering capacity (52.45 meq/100g of MS), for silage with 40% of the hay. The silage without hay had lower DM (14.96%) and higher DM (43.84%) for silage with 40% of gliricidia hay. The CEL varying from 19.54% (40% of the hay) to 31.14% (without hay). The silage presented TC varying from 74.45% (40% hay) to 81.33 % (without hay). It can be concluded that the addition of gliricidia hay in the elephant grass silage improved the chemical composition, the physical parameters and the fermentation characteristics of the elephant grass silage.