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Table 2. Mycotoxin concentrations of silage samples before and after fermentation.

Stage	Samples¹	Mycotoxin (μg g⁻¹)²
Stage	Samples¹	Aflatoxin B1	Vomitoxin	Zearalenone
Pre-fermentation	A	0.043 ± 0.002^a	0.024 ± 0.002^a	0.103 ± 0.010^a
	B	0.120 ± 0.011^a	0.045 ± 0.004^a	0.063 ± 0.003^a
	C	0.040 ± 0.003^b	0.025 ± 0.002^a	0.115 ± 0.011^a
	D	0.069 ± 0.006^a	0.029 ± 0.002^a	0.045 ± 0.005^b
Post-fermentation	A	0.039 ± 0.002^a	0.024 ± 0.003^a	0.054 ± 0.004^b
	B	0.107 ± 0.008^a	0.029 ± 0.002^b	0.046 ± 0.005^b
	C	0.080 ± 0.009^a	0.018 ± 0.001^b	0.097 ± 0.009^a
	D	0.084 ± 0.009^a	0.011 ± 0.002^b	0.087 ± 0.003^a

¹A–D: Silage samples treated with four different LAB additives (AD-I, AD-II, AD-III and AD-IV).

²Significant differences in the toxin concentrations between the pre and post-fermentation samples are indicated with different superscript letters (P < 0.01).