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Table 2.

Chemical composition of green and black tea by-product silage on 45 days after ensiling at different temperatures

Attributes	10°C	20°C	30°C	SEM
Green tea by-product silage
CP (g/kg DM)	307	316	292	5.6
NDICP (g/kg CP)	121^b	115^b	135^a	2.8
ADICP (g/kg CP)	57^b	66^a	68^a	1.8
NDF (g/kg DM)	358	351	368	6.7
ADF (g/kg DM)	277	296	303	6.9
ADL (g/kg DM)	91^b	101^a	104^a	1.8
Hemicellulose (g/kg DM)	81^a	55^c	65^b	2.2
Cellulose (g/kg DM)	187	196	198	5.1
TEPH (g/kg DM)	87	98	92	4.3
TET (g/kg DM)	71	77	73	4.0
CT (g/kg DM)	35^a	9^b	11^b	1.3
Black tea by-product silage
CP (g/kg DM)	287^c	306^b	313^a	1.3
NDICP (g/kg CP)	539	529	554	6.7
ADICP (g/kg CP)	102^a	87^b	78^c	2.0
NDF (g/kg DM)	479^b	493^b	520^a	7.3
ADF (g/kg DM)	246	250	255	4.9
ADL (g/kg DM)	83	86	84	5.0
Hemicellulose (g/kg DM)	234	243	265	8.2
Cellulose (g/kg DM)	163	163	171	3.8
TEPH (g/kg DM)	95	94	91	2.2
TET (g/kg DM)	69	70	64	2.2
CT (g/kg DM)	12^a	10^b	12^a	0.4

SEM, standard error of the mean; CP, crude protein; NDICP, neutral detergent insoluble CP; ADICP, acid detergent insoluble CP; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; ADF, acid detergent fiber; ADL, acid detergent lignin; TEPH, total extractable phenolics; TET, total extractable tannins; CT, condensed tannins.

Means with the different letter (a–c) in a row are significantly different (p<0.05).