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A COMBINATION OF NITRITE AND HEXAMINE AS AN ADDITIVE IN THE ENSILING OF HERBAGE
Author(s) -
Hellberg Arvid
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1967.tb00542.x
Subject(s) - hexamethylenetetramine , nitrite , sodium nitrite , silage , chemistry , sodium , agronomy , food science , nitrate , biology , organic chemistry
The development and testing of a new silage additive consisting of sodium nitrite and hexamine (hexamethylenetetramine) are described. The investigation was conducted over 8 years and consisted of 15 separate experiments with small steel cylinders and 13 with plastic sacks. The former were carried out with freshly cut blue lucerne and a storage temperature of 25°. When a mixture of sodium nitrite and hexamine was applied at the rate of 0.4% of fresh herbage weight, the quality of the resulting silage was superior to that made with commercial additives marketed in Sweden and the losses were considerably reduced.