Item

R5¹

R6²

R7³

Control⁴

Molasses⁵

Control

Molasses

Control

Molasses

DM⁶, g/kg fresh forage

203 ± 4.74

238 ± 5.82

248 ± 3.87

287 ± 7.24

318 ± 5.54

343 ± 10.3

NDF⁷, g/kg DM

625 ± 22.5

515 ± 22.0

588 ± 15.8

513 ± 11.2

551 ± 13.0

510 ± 22.9

CP⁸, g/kg DM

123 ± 10.8

175 ± 12.2

184 ± 9.48

189 ± 7.45

224 ± 11.0

204 ± 12.0

Lignin, g/kg DM

132 ± 6.69

94.6 ± 9.14

118 ± 6.98

97.2 ± 6.52

89.7 ± 9.38

86.2 ± 7.88

Acetic acid, g/kg DM

78.7 ± 6.36

40.2 ± 8.25

31.3 ± 6.65

14.3 ± 3.60

32.2 ± 2.40

15.0 ± 2.34

Butyric acid, g/kg DM

39.3 ± 4.88

13.3 ± 20.6

43.9 ± 10.5

45.8 ± 19.1

21.1 ± 6.18

25.2 ± 11.8

Propionic acid, g/kg DM

16.4 ± 1.75

5.29 ± 1.48

29.5 ± 2.33

8.41 ± 2.00

20.1 ± 3.02

5.20 ± 1.26

Lactic acid, g/kg DM

4.36 ± 1.06

7.82 ± 1.97

2.49 ± 0.766

4.22 ± 1.42

4.36 ± 1.59

1.86 ± 0.280

NH₃-N, g/kg DM

32.9 ± 5.71

23.7 ± 6.09

20.0 ± 4.28

16.3 ± 4.04

13.4 ± 3.51

15.1 ± 2.45

pH

5.81 ± 0.074

4.98 ± 0.204

5.98 ± 0.227

5.68 ± 0.345

5.80 ± 0.165

5.39 ± 0.314

Buffering capacity⁹

10.1 ± 0.527

7.29 ± 0.734

6.06 ± 0.419

4.63 ± 0.332

4.92 ± 0.186

3.90 ± 0.156