Abstract:
This book is essential reading for all those involved in forage conservation and provides a fascinating insight into current practices and the science underpinning forage conservation. Key subject areas include opportunities to enhance the fermentation process through crop manipulation prior to ensiling and the use of bacterial additives applied during ensiling. Latest developments in techniques for chemical and biological characterisation of silages are reviewed, including grass silage, alternative forages (whole crop wheat and maize silage) and tropical forages. The book also focuses on current developments in feeding of beef and dairy cattle with conserved forage with particular emphasis on factors influencing intake, digestion and animal performance. Overall this is an important reference book, which provides an excellent overview of current developments in forage conservation and utilization of conserved forage in animal production systems.
Description:
Davies, D. R., Theodorou, M. K., Kingston-Smith, A. H., Merry, R. J. (2005). Advances in silage quality in the 21st century. Pages 121-133 in: Park, R.S., Mayne, C.S., Keady, T.W.J. (Eds). Silage production and utilization. Wageningen Academic Publishers, ISBN: 978-90-76998-75-6. Proceedings of the International Grassland Congress 2005 Satellite Workshop, Belfast, 3-6 July 2005.