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Table 7.

Feed composition changes after fermentation and drying (1–21 d/22–42 d, %)

Feed	Water	pH	Total acid	Lactic acid bacteria (CFU/g)
Pre-ferm.	12.65^a/12.11^a	6.16^a/6.27^a	0.67^a/0.72^a	(1.98×10⁴)^a/(3.90×10⁴)^a
After ferm.	31.23^b/31.57^b	4.14^b/4.23^b	2.28^b/2.32^b	(1.31×10⁸)^b/(1.81×10⁸)^b
Dry after ferm.	12.98^a/12.55^a	4.32^c/4.21^b	2.86^c/3.13^c	(3.57×10⁶)^a/(2.77×10⁶)^a
SEM	3.07/3.21	0.32/0.34	0.34/0.35	2.35×10⁷/3.05×10⁷
p-value	p<0.001/p<0.001	p<0.001/p<0.001	p<0.001/p<0.001	p<0.004/p<0.001

CFU, colony-forming unit; SEM, standard error of the mean.

^a–c

Values within a column with no or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (p>0.05); values with different small letter superscripts mean significant difference (p<0.05).