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Table 1 Duddingtonia flagrans oral chlamydospore dose (OCD) offered per day and chlamydospores recovered in faeces (CRF) per day in sheep used to determine the chlamydospore apparent digestibility (CAD).

From: Digestibility of Duddingtonia flagrans chlamydospores in ruminants: in vitro and in vivo studies

Sheep

Dose (OCD)

CRF (mean ± SE)

CAD (%)*

1

1.95 × 107

1.36 × 106 ± 5.76 × 105

93.0

2

2.68 × 107

3.31 × 106 ± 3.42 × 105

87.6

3

3.13 × 107

3.79 × 106 ± 3.91 × 105

87.9

4

4.31 × 107

4.76 × 106 ± 7.14 × 105

89.0

5

6.13 × 107

7.57 × 106 ± 11.5 × 105

87.6

6

6.50 × 107

6.79 × 106 ± 9.86 × 105

89.6

7

9.50 × 107

10.2 × 106 ± 20.2 × 105

89.2

8

12.0 × 107

9.66 × 106 ± 15.0 × 105

91.9

9

17.8 × 107

15.8 × 106 ± 43.3 × 105

91.1

Mean

  

89.7

  1. *Chlamydospore apparent digestibility (CAD) = (OCD-CFR)/DC*100.