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Table 5 Rumen fermentation profiles (Least square means ± standard error of mean) in goats fed diets containing different parts of Andrographis paniculata

From: Effects of dietary supplementation of leaves and whole plant of Andrographis paniculata on rumen fermentation, fatty acid composition and microbiota in goats

	Dietary treatment
Parameter	Control	APL	APW	P value
pH	6.10 ± 0.01	6.25⁺ ± 0.01	6.25⁺ ± 0.01	0.02
Ammonia (mg dL⁻¹)	22.05 ± 0.01	19.25⁺ ± 0.42	19.10⁺ ± 0.05	0.02
Total VFA (mM)	63.09 ± 2.44	59.72 ± 1.49	57.99 ± 4.14	0.39
Acetate (mM)	48.84 ± 1.89	38.00⁺ ± 1.10	35.02⁺ ± 1.33	0.01
Propionate (mM)	11.46 ± 0.03	18.44⁺ ± 0.08	20.00⁺ ± 0.06	0.03
Butyrate (mM)	1.68 ± 0.01	1.48 ± 0.01	1.33 ± 0.01	0.09
Acetate/Propionate	4.26 ± 0.02	2.06⁺ ± 0.01	1.75⁺ ± 0.01	0.01

Control basal diet, APL basal diet +1.5% (w/w) Andrographis paniculata leaf powder, APW basal diet +1.5% (w/w) whole plant of Andrographis paniculata powder
⁺Differ from the control (P < 0.05)

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