In order to avoid differences due to different moisture contents, the intake is shown in Table 6 on the DM basis. Each mean is based on 4 observations. Randomized complete block where one pen is treated as a replication.
The silage DM intake for BSM was higher by 6.14% compared to the CT (3.97 versus 3.74 kg DM/animal/day) and had a near-significant trend (