Results
Chemical composition of the silages and grains
The chemical composition of the silages offered in the
present study is presented in Table 1. The silages were well
preserved as indicated by their pH and concentrations of
ammonia N and butyrate. The silage digestibilities as
determined through sheep at maintenance level are presented
in Table 2. The high-feed value silage had higher
(P ,0.001) DM, organic matter (OM), CP, ADF and NDF
digestibility coefficients and digestible OM in the DM
(DOMD) than the low-feed value silage