Use of Musa x paradisiaca (Plantain) rachis silage as a feed supplement in ruminants for circular economy purposes: Agricultura y Silvicultura

The implementation of circular economy in agro-productive systems seeks to make them more efficient, rational, and balanced in the use of resources, while transforming waste into valuable products. The objective was to analyze the bromatological quality of plantain rachis silage with three doses of lactic microorganisms during the dry season (a period of pasture scarcity) of 2021, with the aim of applying circular economy principles to this industry, making a commonly discarded by-product more digestible and nutritious. The rachis was shredded using a grass chopper and subsequently placed into silo bags, each weighing 50 lbs. Molasses (5%) was added to all treatments, and SiloBacter® was diluted in varying concentrations: 351 mL (T1), 234 mL (T2), 117 mL (T3), and no SiloBacter® in the control treatment (T4). The silage was left to ferment for 30 days to determine if the different concentrations could improve its nutritional characteristics. The results were analyzed using a completely randomized design with Tukey’s test at 5%. T2 showed the highest concentration of nitrogen-free extract (18.56%) and the lowest fiber content (53.19%), while T1 had the highest levels of protein (7.56%), ash (17.37%), and ether extract (7.31%). These results indicate that the use of bacterial inoculum improved the bromatology of the silage, making the use of by-products more efficient and enhancing the nutrition of the ruminants that consume it. Plantain rachis has great potential, and its bromatological quality makes it suitable for ruminant supplementation.

• Glavni avtor: Palma-León , Roxanna Patricia (author)
• Drugi avtorji: Macay-Anchundia, Miguel Ángel (author), Cevallos-López, Veronica Carolina (author), Cuzme-Figueroa, Angelica Nicole (author), Avellán-Vásquez, Leonardo (author)
• Format: article
• Jezik: spa
• Izdano: 2024
• Teme: silagem; ráquis; economia circular; suplementação; subproduto.; Silo; stem; circular economy; supplementation; by-product.; Silo; vástago; economía circular; suplementación; subproducto.
• Online dostop: https://revistas.utm.edu.ec/index.php/latecnica/article/view/6686