Determination of Silage Quality and Ruminal Dry Matter Degradability of Sugar Beet Pulp Silages Ensilaged on The Basis of Different Dry Matter Levels

In the present study, some silage quality parameters and rumen dry matter (DM) degradabilities of sugar beet pulp silages with increased DM levels to 20, 25, and 30% by mixing with wheat straw, alfalfa hay and vetch were investigated. For this purpose, the silage mixtures containing 2% molasses were kept in 1 kg of glass jars for two months. Physical and chemical analyses were performed in silage samples following the incubation. The quality classes of sugar beet pulp silage were considered as good-perfect . The pH, lactic acid, acetic acid and butyric acid values of silages were determined as being in the range of 3.94-4.48, 2.2-5.39 %, 0.94-4.97 %, and 0.35-1.24 %, respectively.DM degradabilities of silage samples at the 4, 8, 16, 24, 48 and 72 h in rumen were determined by using nylon bag technique. In all the silage samples having 20-30 % dry matter, the rumen DM degradabilities at the 72th h were determined as being in the range of 93.81-98.63 %.