Research Article

The Effect of a Silage Inoculant on Silage Quality, Aerobic Stability, and Meat Production on Farm Scale

Table 6

The effect of the treatment with the commercial product BSM on silage DM, energy intake, and feed conversion rate.

Parameter UnitTreatment SE 𝑃
Control 𝑋 ± S D BSM 𝑋 ± S D

Silage DM intakekg DM/animal/day 3 . 7 4 ± 0 . 1 2 3 . 9 7 ± 0 . 1 7 0.0650.065
Compound feed DM intake 1 . 7 4 ± 0 . 0 1 . 7 4 ± 0 . 0 0.0000.000
Total DM intake1 6 . 3 6 ± 0 . 1 2 6 . 5 9 ± 0 . 1 7 0.0660.065
Total metabolizable energy (ME) intakeMJ/animal/day 6 9 . 2 7 ± 1 . 3 3 7 2 . 3 4 ± 1 . 9 7 0.799 *
Feed conversion rateMJ of ME/kg gain 6 9 . 5 2 ± 3 . 4 9 6 7 . 1 5 ± 2 . 2 6 1.0620.298

*denotes statistical significance at level 0.05.
11 kg/animal/day of barley straw (88% of DM, 3.9 MJ ME/kg DM) was included in the diet for both treatments.