Table 2 Effects of different treatments on the nutritional composition and viable microbial counts of natural grass silage

50.8 ± 0.51^b

53.9 ± 0.58^a

53.1 ± 0.48^a

53.1 ± 0.23^a

 < 0.001

4.96 ± 0.51^c

6.83 ± 0.11^b

6.83 ± 0.12^b

7.21 ± 0.02^a

 < 0.001

3.19 ± 0.02^a

2.88 ± 0.09^b

2.40 ± 0.08^c

2.54 ± 0.13^c

 < 0.001

42.7 ± 0.86^a

39.8 ± 0.66^b

40.0 ± 0.02^b

40.1 ± 0.36^b

 < 0.001

65.9 ± 0.17^a

64.4 ± 0.32^b

61.4 ± 0.23^c

64.5 ± 0.60^b

 < 0.001

7.94 ± 0.09^c

7.89 ± 0.05^c

8.07 ± 0.05^b

8.60 ± 0.01^a

 < 0.001

8.58 ± 0.03^a

6.67 ± 0.17^b

4.23 ± 0.24^d

5.07 ± 0.15^c

 < 0.001

3.73 ± 0.05^a

2.27 ± 0.06^c

2.54 ± 0.06^b

2.60 ± 0.16^b

 < 0.001

4.47 ± 0.15^a

2.98 ± 0.03^c

3.69 ± 0.09^b

3.57 ± 0.06^b

 < 0.001