Table 2 Analyzed nutrient composition of fermented inoculated and uninoculated feed, as air-dry basis¹

DM,%

88.06 ± 1.02

89.09 ± 1.67

CP,%

27.61 ± 2.73^a

24.03 ± 1.93^b

Arg

1.01 ± 0.15^b

1.17 ± 0.19^a

TCA-SP,%

8.85 ± 1.19^a

1.18 ± 0.12^b

His

0.58 ± 0.08

0.52 ± 0.11

Fat,%

3.37 ± 0.65

3.67 ± 0.73

Ile

0.78 ± 0.13

0.78 ± 0.16

NDF,%

8.33 ± 0.95^b

13.64 ± 0.99^a

Leu

1.50 ± 0.18

1.46 ± 0.23

ADF,%

3.58 ± 0.40

3.49 ± 0.76

Lys

1.17 ± 0.08^a

0.99 ± 0.10^b

Hemicellulose³,%

4.75 ± 0.87^b

10.15 ± 0.56^a

Met

0.26 ± 0.05

0.23 ± 0.07

Ash,%

4.71 ± 0.51^a

3.77 ± 0.38^b

Phe

1.78 ± 0.26^a

0.86 ± 0.13^b

Ca,%

0.18 ± 0.03

0.17 ± 0.02

Thr

0.79 ± 0.12

0.75 ± 0.09

Total P,%

0.55 ± 0.05

0.49 ± 0.07

Val

1.06 ± 0.12

1.04 ± 0.17

Phytate P,%

0.21 ± 0.04^b

0.39 ± 0.04^a

Asp

1.68 ± 0.10^b

1.92 ± 0.17^a

Ser

0.79 ± 0.14

0.75 ± 0.16

Glu

3.23 ± 0.58

3.49 ± 0.44

Gly

0.85 ± 0.18

0.80 ± 0.13

Ala

0.98 ± 0.16

0.94 ± 0.10

Cys

0.48 ± 0.05^a

0.38 ± 0.06^b

Tyr

1.40 ± 0.21^a

0.67 ± 0.09^b

Pro

1.09 ± 0.17

1.17 ± 0.21

Total AA

19.56 ± 2.33

18.12 ± 2.47