DETERMINING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NUTRITION QUALITY OF HUNGARIAN VETCH SILAGE (VICIA PANNONICA CRANTZ) MIXED WITH WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) AND BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.) AT DIFFERENT RATES

Abstract

This research was carried out to determine the quality values of Hungarian vetch silage mixed with wheat and barley grown in winter under the ecological conditions of Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey in the 2017-2018 growing season. To determine the quality values and chemical composition of the silage mixtures obtained from the different of Hungarian vetch, wheat and barley it was prepared as three replications and filled in 2-L jars and then firmly suppressed and tightly closed so that they do not breathe. The mixture rates of Hungarian vetch (HV), wheat (W) and barley (B), their pure sowed were 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% of B + 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% of HV + 80%, 60%, 40%, 20% of W. Silage jars were opened after 60 days and pH value, acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), crude protein content and organic acid values and some macro element contents were measured. The values for ADF, NDF, digestible dry matter (DDM), dry matter intake (DM1), relative feed value (RFV), dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP) of silages were 28.57-41.65%, 29.69-59.05%, 56.45- 66.63%, 2.62-4.05%, 89.78-201.62%, 22.22-33.00%, 8.15-17.27%, respectively. At the same time, values of lactic acid (LA), acetic acid (AA), butyric acid (BA) and propionic acid (PA), calcium (Ca), phosphor (P) and potassium (K) were 1.50-1.94%, 0.33-0.71%, 0.27-0.76%, 0.02-0.08%; was 0.30-1.68%, 0.33-0.62%, 1.93-4.48%, respectively. According to these results, it can be proposed that silages achieved from the HV + B mixture have some superior properties for CP, ADF, NDF, RFV, Ca, P, and K compared with HV + W mixtures.