Author(s)

Rozana Castro Perim^1*, Kátia Aparecida de Pinho Costa¹, Patrícia Soares Epifanio¹, Wender Ferreira de Souza², Ricardo Francischini³, Daniel Augusto Alves Teixeira¹, Walkíria Guimarães Carvalho¹, Divino Rosa dos Santos Jr.¹

¹Goiano Federal Institute, Rio Verde, Brazil.
²Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
³University of Rio Verde, Rio Verde, Brazil.

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the fermentative and bromatological characteristics of Piata palisadegrass that was ensiled with energetic brans and to assess the costs of different additive levels. This experiment was conducted at the Goiano Federal Institute on the Rio Verde campus in Goiás State, Brazil. The experimental design was entirely random with four replications in a 4 × 5 factorial scheme that included four energetic brans (millet, maize, sorghum and wheat) and five levels (0%, 8%, 16%, 24% and 32%). The energetic brans can be considered as a good source of additives for Piata palisadegrass ensiling, which improves the qualitative and nutritional fermentative characteristics of the silage. The maize and wheat brans were the most efficient for improving the fermentative characteristics of the silage. However, millet bran was the most efficient for improving the bromatological characteristics. In addition, the wheat bran had the greatest influence on the final production cost and the sorghum and millet brans were the most economically feasible. Overall, the addition of 24% bran is recommended due to its beneficial impact on silage quality and the average final production cost of the silage.

Organic Acids; Brachiaria brizantha; Ensiling; Nutritive Value

Perim, R. , Pinho Costa, K. , Epifanio, P. , de Souza, W. , Francischini, R. , Alves Teixeira, D. , Carvalho, W. and Santos Jr., D. (2014) Fermentative and Bromatological Characteristics of Piata Palisadegrass Ensiled with Energetic Brans. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 5, 942-954. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2014.57107.