Investigation of chemical composition, fermentation characteristics and gas production of tomato pomace ensiled with sugar beet pulp and dried citrus pulp

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
H Barzamini 1
Y Mostafaloo 2
J. Bayat Kouhsar 2
F. Ghanbari 2
1 MSc Graduated, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gonbad Kavous University
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Gonbad Kavous University
10.22077/jlr.2026.4101
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to investigate the of chemical composition, fermentation characteristics and gas production of tomato pomace ensiled with sugar beet pulp and dried citrus pulp, in a Completely Randomized Design. Treatments were: 1) tomato pomace silage (control), 2) control + 5% sugar beet pulp, 3) control + 10 % sugar beet pulp, 4) control + 5 % dried citrus pulp and 5) control + 10 % dried citrus pulp. The ensiling process was performed in two layer plastic bags.  The silos were opened after 3, 7, 21, and 45 of days. The results indicated that there were significant differences between treatments on dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and Ash (P
Keywords
Aerobic stability
Digestibility
Gas Production potential
Silage