Effect of Cellulase and Lactic Acid Bacteria on Fermentation Quality and Chemical Composition of Wheat Straw Silage

Kuikui Ni, Yanping Wang, Huili Pang, Yimin Cai

Animal Physiology and Nutrition Division, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science,Tsukuba, Japan.
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bio-Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ajps.2014.513201                

Abstract

The object of this study was to determine the effect of cellulase and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) on fermentation quality and chemical composition of wheat straw silage. Silages were prepared using a small-scale fermentation system and the moisture level was adjusted to 60% of fresh matter (FM) with deionized water. Treatments were designed as: control silage without additives, LAB inoculant Lactobacillus casei Z3-1 (1.0 × 10⁶ cfu·g^-1 of FM), commercial inoculant L. plantarum FG 1 (1.0 × 10⁶ cfu·g^-1 of FM), Z3-1 + cellulase and FG 1 + cellulase. The neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and crude protein (CP) contents of the wheat straw prior to ensiling were 76.93%, 48.52% and 4.63% of dry matter (DM), respectively. After 30 days of fermentation, the silages treated with LAB and LAB + cellulase had a lower (P < 0.05) pH and higher (P < 0.05) lactic acid content than the control, and the coliform bacteria, yeast and mold were inhibited at the early stage of fermentation. Besides, silages treated with cellulase had lower (P < 0.05) values of ADF and NDF than the control. The results confirmed that the addition of cellulase and LAB contributed to improving the fermentation quality of wheat straw silage.

Keywords

Cellulase, Chemical Composition, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Silage Fermentation, Wheat Straw

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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