Table 4 Fermentation quality of CF silage
From: Silage fermentation and ruminal degradation of cassava foliage prepared with microbial additive
Treatments | pH | Lactic acid (% DM) | Acetic acid (% DM) | Propionic acid (% DM) | Butyric acid (% DM) | NH3-N ⁄Total-N (% DM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | 4.73a | 0.22c | 1.68a | 0.79a | 0.23a | 2.16a |
SN | 4.43b | 1.08b | 1.38b | 0.64a | 0.17b | 1.84b |
CE | 4.33b | 3.01a | 1.20c | 0.63a | 0.21ab | 1.25bc |
CH1 | 4.38b | 1.10b | 1.41b | 0.72a | 0.19b | 1.48b |
SN + CE | 4.09c | 3.26a | 1.25c | 0.71a | 0.09c | 1.31bc |
CH1 + CE | 4.11c | 3.46a | 0.72d | 0.69a | 0.07c | 1.16c |
SEM | 0.09 | 0.564 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.16 |
P-value | 0.005 | 0.003 | 0.009 | 0.054 | 0.023 | 0.018 |