**3.10. Aerobic stability of silage**

It is a key factor in ensuring that silage provides well-preserved nutrients to the animal with minimal amounts of mold spores and toxins. When silage is exposed to air on opening the silo, fermentation acids and other substrates are oxidized by aerobic bacteria, yeasts and molds, and the stability is thus dependent principally on following factors [68]:


trough. Speed of harvest needs to be coordinated with packing to achieve a minimum silage density of 210 kg DM/m3 by the time of feed out and a rate of silage removal to match or exceed the depth of air penetration into the silo.

