Effect of sugarcane fiber digestibility, conservation method and concentrate level on the ruminal ecosystem of beef cattle

AMB Express

Table 2 Relative population of ruminal microorganisms in function of digestibility of neutral detergent fiber (high or low NDFD) and conservation method (fresh or silage) of sugarcane, considering the means of two collection times

Species	Fresh		Silage		SEM	P value
Species	Low NDFD¹	High NDFD²	Low NDFD¹	High NDFD²	SEM	NDFD	Cons	NDFD*Cons
F. succinogenes	0.014^a	0.036^a	0.023^ab	0.009^b	0.050	0.98	0.22	0.01
R. albus	0.002	0.004	0.001	0.002	0.004	0.12	0.17	0.91
R. flavefaciens	0.013	0.008	0.006	0.005	0.006	0.37	0.27	0.59
S. bovis	0.025	0.015	0.003	0.003	0.009	0.53	<0.01	0.47
R. amylophilus	0.013	0.009	0.013	0.007	0.004	0.13	0.82	0.77
M. elsdenii	0.102	0.053	0.012	0.013	0.075	0.61	0.06	0.51

The relative population size is presented as percentage of total microbial population
NDFD effect of NDF digestibility, Cons effect of conservation method
^a,bMeans within a row with different superscript letters differ, P < 0.05
¹SP91-1049 sugarcane genotype
²IAC86-2480 sugarcane genotype