The objective of this work was to compare losses, microbiological dynamics and nutritional and fermentative alterations in silages of fresh or burned sugar cane treated or not with Lactobacillus buchneri during storage period. Treatments were fresh sugar cane or treated with L. buchneri and sugar cane burned or treated with L. buchneri, evaluated with 0, 1, 4, 7, 14, 28 and 56 days of fermentation, in three replicates per treatment. Only before ensiling it was observed significant difference in the yeast population between fresh and burned sugar cane, whose values were 4.85 and 5.43 log ufc/g of forage, respectively. Over fermentation time, it occurred reduction of dry matter recovery and losses lasted until the 56th day. Ethanol concentration was high until day 28 and steady until day 56, with no difference among treatments. In vitro true dry matter digestibility was severely reduced in the first days of storage, reducing approximately 20 percentage units at 56 days of storage. Silage from burned sugar cane showed the greatest losses and changes on the fermentative and nutritional traits compared to fresh sugar cane silage. L. buchneri should be used on the burned sugar cane silage but for fresh sugar cane silage, its use is not necessary.
bacterial inoculants; ensilage; fermentation; L. buchneri; yeast
