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

Table 2

Effect of the treatment with a commercial product BSM on the chemical composition and fermentation characteristics of ensiled whole-plant corn.
Parameters UnitTreatments Standard error š‘ƒ
Control š‘‹ Ā± S D BSM š‘‹ Ā± S D
Dry matter (DM)g/kg 3 0 5 . 8 Ā± 4 . 3 0 3 1 2 . 2 Ā± 4 . 6 6 1.119 **
DM lossesg/kg DM 7 0 . 2 Ā± 1 5 . 8 7 4 0 . 9 Ā± 2 . 6 0 5.946 **
Crude protein 8 0 . 2 Ā± 4 . 9 4 8 4 . 7 Ā± 3 . 2 4 0.954 *
Digestible protein 4 8 . 2 Ā± 2 . 9 6 5 2 . 5 Ā± 2 . 0 1 0.680 **
Crude fat 1 9 . 7 Ā± 1 . 7 1 1 9 . 8 Ā± 1 . 7 0 0.3410.845
Crude fiber 2 1 4 . 8 Ā± 4 . 5 9 2 1 0 . 2 Ā± 7 . 3 0 1.3110.074
Nitrogen-free extract 6 4 0 . 1 Ā± 7 . 4 2 6 4 0 . 9 Ā± 1 1 . 3 8 1.9190.833
Crude ash 4 5 . 2 Ā± 3 . 2 6 4 4 . 4 Ā± 4 . 1 0 0.7440.622
Water-soluble carbohydrates (WSCs) 1 . 9 Ā± 1 . 3 6 2 . 1 Ā± 1 . 0 2 0.2410.698
Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) 4 4 4 . 4 Ā± 1 1 . 7 3 4 3 9 . 1 Ā± 1 5 . 6 6 2.8180.355
Acid detergent fiber (ADF) 2 3 8 . 3 Ā± 6 . 7 0 2 2 8 . 4 Ā± 1 2 . 2 4 2.221 *
Digestible energy (DE)MJ/kg DM 1 2 . 8 Ā± 0 . 0 6 1 3 . 1 Ā± 0 . 0 7 0.031 **
Metabolizable energy (ME) 1 0 . 8 Ā± 0 . 0 8 1 0 . 9 Ā± 0 . 1 3 0.024 *
* and ** denote significance at level 0.05 and 0.01, respectively.