Case | Control | P-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
DM, g/kg | 184.2 | 10.50 | 185.3 | 9.43 | 0.78 |
Ash, g/ kg DM | 86.0 | 27.23 | 81.3 | 27.45 | 0.30 |
Sodium, g/ kg DM | 2.2 | 2.09 | 2.1 | 1.79 | 0.25 |
Potassium, g/ kg DM | 12.6 | 3.83 | 10.9 | 3.64 | 0.33 |
Calcium, g/ kg DM | 4.3 | 1.57 | 4.1 | 1.60 | 0.68 |
Phosphorous, g/ kg DM | 4.3 | 1.19 | 4.6 | 1.28 | 0.65 |
Magnesium, g/ kg DM | 2.2 | 0.90 | 2.3 | 0.90 | 0.52 |
Sulphur, g/ kg DM | 1.6 | 0.32 | 1.6 | 0.30 | 0.82 |
Ammonia-N, ml/g | 119.1 | 70.13 | 126.5 | 80.12 | 0.67 |
Osmolality, osmol/kg | 149.4 | 43.63 | 145.1 | 44.01 | 0.92 |
pH (log) | 6.60 | 0.342 | 6.52 | 0.325 | 0.70 |
Lactic acid, mmol/l | 1.9 | 2.42 | 2.3 | 2.15 | 0.04 |
Acetic acid, mmol/l | 25.7 | 12.85 | 23.0 | 13.66 | 0.43 |
Propionic acid, mmol/l | 7.9 | 4.00 | 7.3 | 3.99 | 0.56 |
i-Butyric acid, mmol/l | 0.9 | 0.36 | 0.8 | 0.36 | 0.29 |
n-Butyric acid, mmol/l | 2.4 | 1.66 | 1.9 | 1.54 | 0.34 |
i-Valeric acid, mmol/l | 0.7 | 0.46 | 0.7 | 0.43 | 0.46 |
n-Valeric acid, mmol/l | 0.5 | 0.19 | 0.5 | 0.20 | 0.98 |
Total SCFA, acid, mmol/l | 41.6 | 19.64 | 39.0 | 19.84 | 0.49 |
C2 + C4/C3a | 3.8 | 1.21 | 3.4 | 1.11 | 0.21 |
Lactic acid, % of SCFA | 5.1 | 5.89 | 7.2 | 6.71 | 0.04 |
Acetic acid, % of SCFA | 63.8 | 8.3 | 60.6 | 10.59 | 0.20 |
Propionic acid, % of SCFA | 21.1 | 5.39 | 22.6 | 7.45 | 0.55 |
i-Butyric acid, % of SCFA | 2.5 | 1.33 | 2.6 | 1.66 | 0.77 |
n-Butyric acid, % of SCFA | 5.3 | 2.32 | 4.6 | 2.33 | 0.16 |
i-Valeric acid, % of SCFA | 1.8 | 1.27 | 2.1 | 1.49 | 0.70 |
n-Valeric acid, % of SCFA | 0.9 | 0.24 | 0.9 | 0.22 | 0.06 |
Sand, mm | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.0 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Free liquid after centrifugation, ml | 3.8 | 2.43 | 3.0 | 2.22 | 0.14 |