Silage fermentation and ruminal degradation of cassava foliage prepared with microbial additive

AMB Express

Table 5 Ruminal degradability of CF silage

Treatments	DM degradability (%)	CP degradability (%)	NDF degradability (%)	ADF degradability (%)
Control	83.43b	70.47c	70.28b	72.35b
SN	84.52b	75.09b	71.45b	72.63b
CE	84.81b	76.83b	72.61b	73.50b
CH1	85.22b	75.08b	70.84b	72.33b
SN + CE	89.75a	79.46a	77.84a	75.20a
CH1 + CE	89.06a	79.12a	78.38a	75.44a
SEM	0.56	1.27	1.34	0.58
P-value	0.016	0.012	0.021	0.034

CH1, L. plantarum; SN, L. Rhamnosus; CE, cellulase enzyme; SN + CE, L. plantarum + cellulase enzyme; CH1 + CE, L. Rhamnosus + cellulase enzyme
DM dry matter, CP crude protein, NDF neutral detergent fiber, ADF acid detergent fiber, SEM standard error of means
Means within the same column with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05)