Evaluating the Nutritive Value and Quality of Fodder Pea (Pisum arvense L.) Silage Added with Varying Rates of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and Wheat (Triticum aestivum L. Em Thell) Cracks

Year 2025, Volume: 22 Issue: 1, 187 - 194

Ertan Ateş , Hazım Serkan Tenikecier

https://doi.org/10.33462/jotaf.1501109

Abstract

Silage represents the most effective solution for addressing the deficit in quality, abundance and cost-effectiveness of roughage. The main purpose of silage production is to store fresh herbage material with high nutritional value with minimum nutrient loss. For fodder and silage production, fodder pea is grown in mixtures with cereals in different ratios, but also for the silage from the pure fodder pea using additives. Molasses and crashed cereal grains or cereal can be added to silage material in order to increase its carbohydrate content. The research was conducted to determine nutritive value and silage quality of barley and wheat cracks added at different ratios to fodder pea silage in complete randomized split-plot design with four replications. 100 g withered fodder pea sample without additives and 100 g withered fodder pea sample with 3 g, 6 g, 9 g and 12 g cracked barley were vacuumed in to the 20x26 cm plastic bags and were stored in a dark environment for a period of 45 days to facilitate fermentation at ambient temperatures ranging from 15 to 28°C. Crude protein (%), crude ash (%), dry matter (%), digestible dry matter (DDM, %), dry matter intake (DMI, %), ADF (%), NDF (%), P (%), K (%), Ca (%), Mg (%), total digestible nutrients (TDN), Nel, NEm, Neg, pH, Fleig Score and RFV of pure fodder pea and cracked barley and wheat added silages were determined. According to results, fodder peas, which have a high protein and low carbohydrate content, be ensiled by the addition of high-carbohydrate wheat and barley cracks in order to obtain a quality silage. For this purpose, it is suggested to add at least 6% wheat cracks or 9% barley cracks to fodder pea silage.

Keywords

Cereal cracks, Fleig score, Fodder pea, Mineral content, Silage

Ethical Statement

There is no need to obtain permission from the ethics committee for this study.

Farklı Oranlarda Arpa (Hordeum vulgare L.) ve Buğday (Triticum aestivum L. Em Thell) Kırığı Eklenen Yem Bezelyesi (Pisum arvense L.) Silajının Besleme Değeri ve Kalitesinin Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Silaj, kaba yemlerin yetersizliğini, kalitesizliğini ve kaba yem üretiminin maliyet etkinliğinin karşılanması açısından en etkili çözümü temsil eder. Silaj üretiminin ana amacı, yüksek besin değerine sahip taze kaba yem materyalinin minimum besin kaybıyla depolanmasıdır. Yem bezelyesi kuru-yeşil ot ve silaj üretimi için farklı oranlarda tahıllarla karışımlar halinde yetiştiriciliği yapılırken, ayrıca katkı maddeleri kullanılarak saf yem bezelyesi silajı da elde edilmektedir. Melas ve tahıl veya kırılmış tahıl taneleri, silaj materyaline karbonhidrat içeriğini artırmak amacıyla eklenebilir. Bu araştırma, yem bezelyesi silajına farklı oranlarda eklenen arpa ve buğday kırıklarının, silajın besin değerini ve kalitesine etkisini belirlemek için tesadüf parselleri deneme desenine göre dört tekrarlamalı olarak yürütülmüştür. 100 g katkısız soldurulmuş yem bezelyesi ile 100 g katkısız soldurulmuş yem bezelyesine 3 g, 6 g, 9 g ve 12 g arpa ve buğday eklenmiş yem bezelyesi örnekleri 20x26 cm plastik torbalara vakumlanmış ve karanlık bir ortamda 15 ila 28°C arasında değişen ortam sıcaklıklarında 45 gün boyunca fermantasyonun kolaylaştırılması için depolanmıştır. Saf yem bezelyesi ile arpa ve buğday kırıkları eklenmiş silajların ham protein (%), ham kül (%), kuru madde (%), sindirilebilir kuru madde (DDM, %), kuru madde tüketimi (DMI, %), ADF (%), NDF (%), P (%), K (%), Ca (%), Mg (%), toplam sindirilebilir besin elementi içeriği (TDN), Nel, NEm, Neg, pH, Fleig Skoru ve nispi yem değeri (RFV) belirlenmiştir. Sonuçlara göre, yüksek protein ve düşük karbonhidrat içeriğine sahip olan yem bezelyesinden kaliteli bir silaj elde etmek için yüksek karbonhidratlı buğday ve arpa kırıklarının eklenmesiyle silolanabileceği belirlenmiştir. Bu amaçla, yem bezelyesi silajına en az %6 buğday kırığı veya %9 arpa kırığı eklenmesi önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Tahıl kırığı, Fleig skoru, Yem bezelyesi, Mineral içeriği, Silaj

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