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Table 3 Relative population of ruminal microorganisms, in function of time of collection of ruminal content, of both studies

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

Species

Study 1

SEM

P value

Study 2

SEM

P value

0 h

4 h

0 h

4 h

F. succinogenes

0.024

0.013

0.005

0.03

0.010

0.012

0.004

0.57

R. albus

0.002

0.002

0.001

0.54

0.004

0.003

0.002

0.77

R. flavefaciens

0.007

0.009

0.002

0.31

0.012

0.016

0.004

0.31

S. bovis

0.008

0.007

0.002

0.55

0.014

0.006

0.003

<0.01

R. amylophilus

0.005

0.021

0.003

<0.01

0.008

0.032

0.005

<0.01

M. elsdenii

0.017

0.054

0.009

<0.01

0.098

0.251

0.046

<0.01

  1. The relative population size is presented as percentage of total microbial population