Abstract
Fatty acid composition of maize silages from different hybrids
Highlights
Area of all forms of maize harvested green grown mainly for silage was 78.05 thousand of ha in Slovakia and 6,146.18 ha in European Union in 2016 (Eurostat 1)
Maize silage is important carbohydrate feed, the uniqueness of which lies in the fact that it itself is a mixture of concentrate and forage
The feeding of conserved feeds affect the quality of products of animal origin (Kalač and Samková, 2010; Oliveira et al, 2012; Galassi et al, 2016).The nutritional composition of maize silage affects the hybrid, so the decision to select it in a given location is very important
Summary
Area of all forms of maize harvested green grown mainly for silage was 78.05 thousand of ha in Slovakia and 6,146.18 ha in European Union in 2016 (Eurostat 1). Fatty acid content and composition of maize silages are highly variable, and this variation is primarily caused by differences in maturity at harvest (Khan et al, 2012). Except for harvest maturity (Khan et al, 2015) and garbage species (Van Ranst et al, 2009), the fatty acid content in silages influences the hybrid (Mojica-Rodríguez et al, 2017), conservation method (Boufaïed et al, 2003; Arvidsson et al, 2009; Glasser et al, 2013), length of storage (Han and Zhou, 2013), the use of silage additive (Alves et al, 2011) and exposure to air during the feed out period (Khan et al, 2009)
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