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Effects Of Microbial Inoculants Enterococcus Faecium Ef2/3s And Ef26/42 On Microbial, Chemical, And Fermentation Parameters In Grass Silage, Zora Varadyova, Dusan Jalc, Andrea Laukova, Katarina Mihalikova, Petr Homolka

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Survival of inoculants in grass silages may enable them to improve the quality of silages through enrichment with polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The effects of 2 inoculants, Enterococcus faecium 2/3s (EF2/3s) and E. faecium 26/42 (EF26/42), on nutrient composition, fermentation parameters, and fatty acid content in grass silages during ensiling (111 days) of fresh grass (G) were examined under laboratory conditions. The G [285 g of dry matter (DM) kg^{-1}] was ensiled in 36 polyethylene jars (1 L) divided into 3 × 12 sets per treatment and ensiled at 21 °C for 111 days. The 3 silage treatments used were: …