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Table 7 Rumen microbial profile (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

Parameters

Log10 cell mL−1

 

Dietary treatments

 

Control

APL

APW

P value

Total bacteria

10.57 ± 0.20

10.83 ± 0.22

10.97 ± 0.21

0.45

Total methanogens

5.50 ± 0.66

5.01 ± 0.81

4.36 ± 0.66

0.23

Ruminococcus albus

6.81 ± 0.45

8.08+ ± 0.53

8.38+ ± 0.47

0.03

Ruminococcus flavefaciens

5.46 ± 0.21

5.98+ ± 0.23

6.55+ ± 0.22

0.04

Fibrobacter succinogenes

3.88 ± 0.25

4.50+ ± 0.28

4.71+ ± 0.23

0.04

Total protozoa

5.82 ± 0.52

5.49 ± 0.61

5.31 ± 0.55

0.12

  1. 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
  2. +Differ from the control (P < 0.05)
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