Silage Production and Utilisation is for those involved in forage conservation and provides a fascinating insight into current practices and the science underpinning forage conservation.

Key subject areas include opportunities to enhance the fermentation process through crop manipulation prior to ensiling and the use of bacterial additives applied during ensiling. Latest developments in techniques for chemical and biological characterization of silages are reviewed, including grass silage, alternative forages (whole crop wheat and maize silage) and tropical forages.

Silage Production and Utilisation also focuses on current developments in feeding of beef and dairy cattle with conserved forage with particular emphasis on factors influencing intake, digestion and animal performance.

Contents:

1. Effect of conserved feeds on milk production
2. Effect of conserved feeds on meat production
3. Alternative forages
4. Developments in ensiling techniques
5. Developments in ensiling techniques: Silage fermentation
6. Developments in ensiling techniques: Aerobic stability
7. Developments in ensiling techniques: Nutritive value
8. Developments in ensiling techniques: Big bale silage production
9. Ensilage of tropical forages
10. Chemical and biological characterization of silages

Index

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