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Table 1 Rumen fermentation parameters (mean ± SE) of goats fed diet supplemented with different types of oils

From: Profiling of rumen fermentation, microbial population and digestibility in goats fed with dietary oils containing different fatty acids

Parameters

Treatment

P-value

CNT

OL

PO

SF

Tr

Day

Tr × Day

pH

6.29 ± 0.11

6.80 ± 0.11

6.26 ± 0.06

6.33 ± 0.07

NS

**

NS

Ammonia (mg/l)

42.6 ± 1.65a

37.9 ± 1.36b

36.4 ± 1.08b

36.9 ± 1.24b

**

*

*

Total VFA (mmol)

89.42 ± 8.59b

95.58 ± 7.81a

91.11 ± 6.44b

95.79 ± 3.15a

*

*

NS

Acetate (%)

59.22 ± 5.83 b

63.70 ± 5.46a

56.79 3.56b

63.72 ± 2.01a

*

*

*

Propionate (%)

18.21 ± 2.11

19.62 ± 1.47

22.15 ± 2.81

20.22 ± 0.95

NS

NS

NS

Butyrate (%)

8.19 ± 0.89

8.83 ± 0.99

8.13 ± 0.96

8.37 ± 0.71

NS

*

NS

Isobutyrate (%)

0.76 ± 0.13b

0.88 ± 0.11 a

0.73 ± 0.04b

0.68 ± 0.04b

*

NS

NS

Valerate (%)

2.18 ± 0.48

2.42 ± 0.13

2.14 ± 0.24

1.72 ± 0.28

NS

*

*

Isovalerate (%)

0.86 ± 0.25

1.13 ± 0.13

1.17 ± 0.14

1.08 ± 0.16

NS

NS

NS

Acetate/Propionate

3.25 ± 0.18

3.72 ± 0.22

2.56 ± 0.30

3.15 ± 0.19

NS

NS

NS

  1. CNT Control diet, OL Olive oil diet, PO Palm olein diet, SF Sunflower oil diet, Tr Treatment
  2. *Significant level at P < 0.05; ** Significant level at P < 0.01
  3. a, bMeans in the same row with different superscripts are statistically different (P < 0.05)