. 2021 Apr 22;11:8686. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88082-1

Table 2.

Final (i.e., 168 h of aerobic incubation) chemical and microbial analyses of the two silages, not treated or treated with a biological additive.

	Control				Treated
	23 ℃	33 ℃	SEM	P	23 ℃	33 ℃	SEM	P
Dry matter (g/kg WW)	405	411	2.9	NS	359	358	2.3	NS
pH	7.0	7.2	0.098	NS	6.88	6.84	0.200	NS
Lactic acid (g/kg DM)	6.21	4.13	0.149	**	8.47	4.87	0.171	**
Relative loss of lactic acid (%)	87.9	92.0	0.41	**	85.3	91.6	0.31	**
Acetic acid (g/kg DM)	5.24	3.27	0.154	**	6.06	5.69	0.129	NS
Butyric acid (g/kg DM)	< 0.38	< 0.38	–	–	< 0.38	< 0.38	–	–
Water soluble carbohydrate (g/kg DM)	6.95	5.87	0.189	*	7.66	6.26	0.296	*
Ethanol (g/kg DM)	3.89	2.89	0.156	*	2.56	2.76	0.113	NS
Yeasts (log₁₀ cfu/g WW)	5.83	7.79	0.290	**	6.52	5.52	0.360	NS
Molds (log₁₀ cfu/g WW)	< 2	< 2	–	–	< 2	< 2	–	–
Lactic acid bacteria (log₁₀ cfu/g WW)	7.14	7.33	0.448	NS	8.28	8.64	0.212	NS
Total bacteria count (log₁₀ cfu/g WW)	7.74	7.42	0.449	NS	8.31	8.51	0.264	NS

WW, wet weight; DM, dry matter; cfu, colony-forming units.

*, P < 0.05; **, P < 0.01; NS, P > 0.05.