01960naa a2200241 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400270006010000210008724501510010826000090025952012340026865000150150265000120151770000220152970000240155170000180157570000180159370000160161170000210162770000170164877300530166520540282017-01-04       2016    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1111/gfs.122532DOI1 aMICHEL, P. H. F.  aRe-ensiling and inoculant application with Lactobacillus plantarum and Propionibacterium acidipropionicion sorghum silages.h[electronic resource]  c2016  aRe-ensiling of previously ensiled forage has been a common practice in Brazil, and the use of inoculants may provide a means of reducing dry-matter (DM) loss. This study aimed to determine the effect of re-ensiling and the use of microbial inoculants on the quality of sorghum silage. Treatments were presence/absence of an inoculant (Lactobacillus plantarum and Propionibacterium acidipropionici) in the silage, and the re-ensiling, or not, of the material after 24 h of exposure to air, and these were tested in a factorial 292 design. Losses due to gas, effluent and total DM were assessed, as were the fermentation characteristics, chemical composition, aerobic stability, and aerobic counts of microorganisms. Effluent loss was higher in re-ensiled silage, and these silages had lower lactic acid content and higher levels of acetic and propionic acids. The in vitro DM digestibility was lower in the re-ensiled sorghum silages. The re-ensiled silage hadhigher aerobic stability. The inoculant only increased the acetic acid content of the silage. The re-ensiling of sorghum silage increased effluent loss by 71,2%, and reduced DM digestibility by 5,35%. The use of inoculant did not influence the quality of sorghum silage.  aInoculante  aSilagem1 aGONÇALVES, L. C.1 aRODRIGUES, J. A. S.1 aKELLER, K. M.1 aRAPOSO, V. S.1 aLIMA, E. M.1 aSANTOS, F. P. C.1 aJAYME, D. G.  tGrass and Forrage Science, Oxford, p. 1-9, 2016.