Improved Quality of Corn Silage When Combining Cellulose-Decomposing Bacteria and Lactobacillus buchneri during Silage Fermentation

Table 3

The change rule of cellulose-decomposing bacteria and heterolactic lactic acid bacteria on the nutriment of corn silage (% DM).

Day	Treatment	DM	Starch	CP	NDF	ADF	EE	Ash
0d		42.27	27.73	7.31	50.09	29.14	6.68	10.69
2d	K	35.35	26.89	7.21	41.42	23.20	7.91	8.67
	Y	35.69	21.95	7.15	47.93	26.51	7.54	12.42
	YX	34.47	26.28	7.24	48.92	27.46	7.83	10.90
	SEM	0.34	0.78	0.03	0.42	0.44	0.16	0.31
4d	K	33.56	21.00	6.98	43.85	26.85	10.33	8.92
	Y	35.01	24.69	6.95	43.48	29.45	13.18	13.00
	YX	33.70	25.54	7.21	43.26	30.66	9.06	9.97
	SEM	0.38	1.37	0.04	0.76	0.22	0.11	0.40
6d	K	33.35	16.87	7.18	39.45	27.33	9.08	9.56
	Y	34.78	14.02	7.21	46.86	29.32	6.60	11.35
	YX	34.96	14.02	7.19	50.76	29.30	8.87	8.38
	SEM	0.28	0.20	0.03	0.58	0.51	0.24	0.62
8d	K	35.58	19.20	6.92	43.65	29.08	9.41	9.26
	Y	35.59	17.96	6.87	41.67	31.91	10.71	10.48
	YX	35.78	13.00	7.06	43.70	33.24	10.21	10.54
	SEM	0.40	0.77	0.02	0.63	0.43	0.09	0.22
10d	K	36.41	21.03	7.05	46.68	20.61	9.18	10.11
	Y	36.69	21.75	6.94	38.58	23.32	10.82	12.23
	YX	36.08	19.72	6.96	44.81	30.11	13.18	10.18
	SEM	0.47	0.42	0.02	0.57	0.96	0.18	0.24
15d	K	33.95	15.92	7.02	43.34	24.11	6.33	10.73
	Y	36.25	14.76	7.10	38.23	23.58	5.50	10.47
	YX	34.94	12.28	7.20	47.36	27.05	5.01	11.84
	SEM	0.23	0.32	0.02	0.47	0.16	0.07	0.14
25d	K	34.59	16.85	6.93	41.66	27.83	6.83	10.82
	Y	36.01	19.59	7.05	38.07	25.14	6.20	11.53
	YX	34.08	14.26	7.06	46.05	34.31	7.45	10.67
	SEM	0.30	0.26	0.02	0.49	0.58	0.08	0.26
35d	K	34.70	13.78	6.79	43.81	25.65	4.70	9.48
	Y	33.82	12.35	7.05	45.12	26.93	4.73	11.67
	YX	32.84	15.57	6.97	43.07	28.31	4.83	10.64
	SEM	0.45	0.16	0.02	0.69	0.89	0.06	0.27
45d	K	34.69	18.13	6.91	43.77	28.25	6.97	10.25
	Y	33.86	12.85	6.98	48.17	30.08	6.25	10.61
	YX	32.24	13.95	7.07	42.30	31.75	6.48	11.63
	SEM	0.32	0.31	0.03	0.19	0.70	0.16	0.23
60d	K	33.86	15.78	7.05	45.87	27.53	8.01	8.33
	Y	35.89	16.10	6.93	42.85	25.29	8.14	10.70
	YX	34.62	15.36	7.05	41.47	27.10	10.25	10.83
	SEM	0.28	0.40	0.02	0.22	0.57	0.09	0.31
P-value	M
	D							NS
	M×D	NS

Note: DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; EE, ether extract; K, untreated corn silage with no inoculant applied; Y, heterolactic lactic acid bacteria; YX, heterolactic lactic acid bacteria and cellulose-decomposing bacteria; M, treatment; D, day; M×D, treatment × day; SEM, standard error of mean. Values followed by the different letters are significantly different at 5% level using Duncan test; P < 0.05, P < 0.01, NS, not significant.