Black Sea Journal of Engineering and Science

Yazarlar: İ̇̇nan GÜVEN, Adem KAMALAK

Konular:Mühendislik

DOI:10.34248/bsengineering.836056

Anahtar Kelimeler:Grass silage,Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) pods,Digestibility,Metabolisable energy

Özet: In the current study honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) pods which is rich in water soluble carbohydrate (WSC) and tannin, was used as a silage additive for grass plant. Honey locust pods had a significant effect on the chemical composition, fermentation parameters, in vitro gas production parameters, in vitro organic matter digestibility (OMD) and metabolisable energy (ME) content of grass silage. Although dry matter content, Fleig score, in vitro gas production, organic matter digestibility (OMD), metabolisable energy (ME) and dry matter digestibility (DMD) of the resultant grass silage increased, crude ash, acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber and crude protein (CP) contents decreased with increasing level of honey locust pods. The inclusion of honey locust pods at %6 into grass material resulted in a decrease in % 46 of the ammonia concentration and13.12% of pH respectively, when compared with control group of grass silage. On the other hand, the inclusion of honey locust pods at 6% into grass material resulted in an increase in 8.76% of the metabolisable energy, 11.87% of organic matter digestibility and 20.28% of dry matter digestibility respectively, when compared with control group of grass silage. In addition, the inclusion of honey locust pods at %6 into grass material resulted in an increase in Fleig score from 56.0 to 90.46. It can be concluded that, at least, 3% of ground honey locust pods on fresh basis should be included into grass forage to obtain high quality grass silage.

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