Effect of Supplementing Corn Silage with Commercial (Bonsilage-Mais) and Pre-Fermented Lactic Acid Bacteria Inoculant on Silage Quality

This study was aimed to determine the effects of supplementing corn silage with commercial lactic acid bacteria (LAB) inoculant and pre-fermented LAB juice (PFJ) on silage quality. Silage groups other than the control group were designed by adding commercial LAB inoculant (Bonsilage-Mais, 2.5 × 105cfu/g of fresh material), and 0.1% (3× 05cfu/g of fresh material), 0.3% (9×105cfu/g of fresh material), and 0.5% (1.5×106cfu/g of fresh material) PFJ. Each silage treatment group was prepared in four replicates. When compared to the control group, the addition of 0.3%, 0.5% PFJ and commercial LAB inoculant decreased the dry matter content of the silages, while the commercial LAB inoculant increased the crude protein content (P