Effects of wilting and additives on fermentation characteristics, microbial composition, metabolome, and ruminal degradation properties of mulberry silage.
- 2026-01-10
- Clinical Trial
- BMC microbiology 26(1)
- Fangshu Di
- Jian Gao
- Jing Ma
- Xi Wang
- Yufei Jiang
- Shixiu Qiu
- Haitao Shi
- PubMed: 41519713
- DOI: 10.1186/s12866-025-04669-y
- Low evidence
- Animal Study
The wilting procedure increased lactic acid and crude protein (CP) contents while lowering pH (Pā<ā0.05). Both OA and LP additive treatments reduced pH and increased CP content in mulberry silage (Pā<ā0.05).
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes