EVALUATION OF ENSILED SWEET POTATO VINES TREATED WITH ADDITIVES: A WAY OF SECURING ANIMAL AGRICULTURE

Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate ensiled sweet potato vines treated with additives (molasses, urea and yeast) at five weeks as a way of securing animal agriculture. Two varieties of sweet potato vines silage (SPVS) were made with no additive as control T1, with urea T2, with molasses T3 and with yeast T4. The data collected was analyzed using line with marker chat in Microsoft Excel office Software for pH. ANOVA was used to analyze in vitro gas production using SPSS version 20, where significant differences occurred, the means was separated using general linear model.The results for in vitro gas production showed that King J and Danchina varieties were significantly different (P˂0.05) at 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 21 and 24hrs except 15hrs on all the treatments. In conclusion, this studies confirmed that the addition of molasses, urea, and yeast improved silage quality of two varieties of sweet potato vines silage King J and Danchina including the control, with King J as superior variety in terms of silage and in vitro gas production. Molases, urea and yeast are said to be recommended as additive in silage making using sweet potato vines.