TABLE 3.
Chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of sugarcane silage treated with heterolactic inoculants and stored for 70 days.
| Item | Control | LH | LB | LH+LB | SEM | P-value |
| Crude protein (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 25.8a | 22.3b | 20.9b | 20.7b | 0.69 | <0.01 |
| aNDF (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 661a | 521b | 497b | 499b | 10.8 | <0.01 |
| ADF (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 403a | 306b | 296b | 297b | 7.6 | <0.01 |
| Ash (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 35.6a | 29.3b | 27.5b | 27.3b | 0.76 | <0.01 |
| Ether extract (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 12.4a | 9.48b | 10.1b | 10.4b | 0.59 | 0.02 |
| Non-fiber carbohydrates (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 266b | 418a | 445a | 443a | 11.1 | <0.01 |
| Soluble carbohydrates (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 213b | 355a | 378a | 374a | 9.28 | <0.01 |
| In vitro DM digestibility (g kg–1 DMcorr) | 535b | 619a | 629a | 629a | 7.48 | <0.01 |
Control, without additive; LH, Lactobacillus hilgardii CNCM I-4785 at 3 × 105 cfu/g; LB, L. buchneri NCIMB 40788 at 3 × 105 cfu g–1; LH+LB, Lactobacillus hilgardii CNCM I-4785 at 1.5 × 105 cfu g–1 + L. buchneri NCIMB 40788 at 1.5 × 105 cfu g–1; SEM, standard error of the mean. a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ (Tukey test, α = 0.05).