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Table 4 Effect of monensin (12 μg/ml) and cinnamon extract (1.5 mg/ml) addition on ruminal pH at different incubation times using corn and barley grains as substrates (Exp. 3)

From: Potential of selected plant extracts to control severe subacute ruminal acidosis in vitro as compared with monensin

Substrates:

Corn

Barley

Treatments:

Control

Monensin

Cinnamon extract

Control

Monensin

Cinnamon extract

Time (h)

 6

5.37Ab

5.61Aa

5.54Aa

5.13A

5.13A

5.10A

 12

4.98B

4.98B

5.03B

4.56B

4.63B

4.59B

 24

4.35Cb

4.46Ca

4.50Ca

4.16Cb

4.30Ca

4.18Cb

Overall

4.98

4.64

SEM

0.034

  1. a-b Means in the same row with different superscripts differ within substrate (P < 0.001)
  2. A-C Means in the same column with different superscripts differ (P < 0.001)
  3. SEM Standard error of the mean
  4. The P-Value for substrate effect was < 0.001, for treatment effect was < 0.05; for the interaction effect between substrate and time was < 0.001, and for the interaction effect between the substrate, treatment, and time was < 0.01. The interaction effect between substrate and treatment was not statistically significant