Nkuko bibuza metabolisme ya mikorobe no gukora mycotoxine, imiti igabanya ubukana irashobora kugabanya imiterere yimiti no gutakaza intungamubiri ziterwa nimpamvu zitandukanye nkubushyuhe bwinshi nubushuhe bwinshi mugihe cyo kubika ibiryo.Kalisiyumu, nk'ibiryo byangiza ibiryo, birashobora guteza imbere kubyara mikorobe ngirakamaro kandi bikabuza kubyara virusi yangiza.Iyo wongeyeho kuri silage, irashobora kubuza neza imikurire yimiterere, kuzamura ubwiza bwa silage no kugera kumigambi yo kubika neza.

Kalisiyumuni umuti wizewe kandi wizewe wo kurwanya ibiryo n'ibiryo byemejwe n’umuryango w’ubuzima ku isi (OMS) n’umuryango w’ibiribwa n’ubuhinzi by’umuryango w’abibumbye (FAO).Kalisiyumu irashobora kwinjizwa n'abantu ninyamaswa binyuze muri metabolism, ikanatanga calcium ikenewe kubantu ninyamaswa.Bifatwa nka GRAS.

Kalisiyumuiteza imbere intungamubiri zo kugaburira ibiryo no kuzamura agaciro kintungamubiri, igahindura agaciro ka pH yumubyimba wigifu wamatungo n’inkoko, igatera imbere gukura kwa bagiteri zifite akamaro nka bacteri acide lactique, kunoza imikorere yimisemburo yimyunyungugu nka pepsin no guteza imbere igogorwa kandi kwinjiza intungamubiri.

Kalisiyumuirashobora gukumira ibiryo byatsi bitoshye mugihe cyo guhunika, kongera uburyohe bwamatungo kubiryo no kunoza ikoreshwa rya poroteyine mubiryo.Ku ruhande rumwe, silage y’amata ivurwa na calcium propionate ifasha mu gushiraho amata acide aciriritse mu mata no kuzamura amavuta y’amata;Ku rundi ruhande, bifasha gukura, gusya no gusya intungamubiri muri rumen no kongera amata y’inka zitanga amata.Ubushakashatsi bwo kugaburira inka zamata hamwe nicyatsi cyibigori cya silage kirinzweKalisiyumuyerekana ko ibiryo bifite ububobere buke, ubworoherane, uburyohe bwiza, hamwe ninka zamata zikunda kurya, zishobora kuzamura umusaruro wamata nigipimo cyamavuta yinka yinka.