TY - JOUR ID - 29340 TI - The Effects of Bacterial Additives on Feed Quality and Ruminal Degradation of Alfalfa Silage JO - Iranian Journal of animal Science JA - IJAS LA - en SN - 2008-4773 AU - Dehghan-banadaky, Mehdi AU - kazemi, fatemeh AU - zali, abolfazl AU - rezayazdi, kamran AD - Y1 - 2012 PY - 2012 VL - 43 IS - 3 SP - 327 EP - 335 KW - Alfalfa silage KW - Bacterial additive KW - ruminal degradability DO - 10.22059/ijas.2012.29340 N2 - The objective of the present study was to investigate the effects of bacterial additives on chemical characteristics and ruminal degradability of Alfalfa silage. In this experiment the treatments consisted of: 1-untreated alfalfa silage (control), 2-treated with Ecosyl (EC), 3- Lacticil Maize (LM), and 4- a combination of both additives, EC and LM, at half level of treatments 2 and 3. Silos were opened up on day 40 the following ensiling. Silages quality were assessed. Degradibility parameters were estimated through tests carried out on 3 fistulated Holstein dry cows. EC treatment exhibited the lowest Dry Matter (DM) among treatments (P UR - https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_29340.html L1 - https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_29340_37120468e7d0d98c831fe15654c82a1d.pdf ER -