. 2023 May 16;9(5):e16218. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16218

Table 5.

Interaction effect of BSY level (%) and ED (week) on yeast, mold and TFC of BSY-based silage (Mean daily temperature = 15.4 °C and RH = 84%).

ED (weeks)	BSYL (%)	Fungal count (log10 CFU/g DM of BSY-based silage)
ED (weeks)	BSYL (%)	Yeast	Mold	TFC
2	0	3.32^f	3.19^c	6.51^f
4	0	4.68^e	3.41^c	8.09^e
6	0	5.21^cd	3.59^c	8.81^e
2	10	5.01^de	4.59^b	9.61^d
4	10	5.45^cd	4.29^b	9.75^cd
6	10	5.60^bc	4.71^b	10.31^bcd
2	20	5.30^cd	4.48^b	9.78^cd
4	20	5.44^cd	4.39^b	9.83^cd
6	20	5.60^bc	4.79^b	10.39^bcd
2	30	5.98^b	4.72^b	10.70^b
4	30	6.04^b	4.52^b	10.56^bc
6	30	6.51^a	5.72^a	12.23^a
	SEM	0.162	0.167	0.271
	P-value	<0.01	<0.05	<0.01

BSYL = brewer's spent yeast level; CFU = colony forming unit; ED = ensiling duration; TFC = total fungal count; SEM = standard error of mean; Means with in a column with different superscripts differ at p < 0.05.