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The lactic acid bacterial counts (log10 cfu/g of wet silage) were 3.94 and 4.53 for the untreated and treated silage, respectively, at ensiling.
The BAL treatment corrected for the change in silage DM by an increase in the inclusion of wet silage and had the same composition as the control diet on a DM basis, except for ration DM (66.2 vs. 63.9%).
Two of the quadruplicates of the dried samples were steeped in deionized water in the same proportions as for the wet silage (1 5), and the other two samples were used for VS determination according to standard methods.
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It is common that low DM forages don't contain enough fermentable sugars to complete the intensive lactic acid fermentation typical for wet silages.
In wet silages (DM 200 g/kg) both additives were effective, but in the wilted silages (DM 430 g/kg) only the bacterial additive reduced listeria counts below detection level.
In the wettest silages (DM 200 g/kg), counts were reduced to a few hundred per gram, probably because the amounts of organic acids were higher and pH values lower than in silages with higher DM contents.
Some farmers have learned this the hard way by literally tearing their tedders apart in the field by trying to move the 10-12 tons per acre of wet triticale silage too quickly.
The three bull calves were not closely related to one another (for at least 4 generations) were fattened in a single feedlot and fed ad libidum with wet corn silage.
Wet, unwilted silages without additive fermented badly.
Hot-Wet-Delay silages were more stable than other silages but had the lowest lactic to acetic acid ratio, and total volatile fatty acid concentration.
Wetting the corn silage increased concentrations of NH3-N, ethanol, and acetic acid.
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