Rumen fermentation and microbiota in Shami goats fed on condensed tannins or herbal mixture

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 3 Effects of tannin and herbal mixture supplementation on rumen fermentation parameters and predicted methane in goats

	Treatments			Mean	SEM	P-value
	C	T	HM	Mean	SEM	P-value
pH:	5.85	6.5	6.16	6.19	0.221	0.53
Total VFA, mM:	91.16^a	104.55^ab	116.81^b	105.10	3.77	0.01
Ammonia mg/dl	19.63	21.71	19.55	20.35	1.40	0.79
Acetic, mM	55.09^a	65.05^ab	72.89^b	65.00	2.72	0.018
Propionic, mM	18.98	21.19	23.64	21.43	0.91	0.12
Isobutyric, mM	0.54^a	0.70^b	0.71^b	0.65	0.030	0.046
Butyric, mM	14.59^a	15.35^ab	17.27^b	15.82	0.47	0.042
Isovaleric, mM	0.72	1.00	1.05	0.94	0.12	0.57
Valeric, mM	1.23	1.23	1.25	1.24	0.05	0.99
Predicted methane, g /kg DMI	23.15^b	19.40^a	17.21^a	19.70	0.77	0.001

VFA = volatile fatty acids. C = diet without supplementation; T = diet supplemented with tannins;
HM = diet supplemented with herbal mixture; SEM = standard error of the mean

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