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Table 3 Effects of treatments on fermentative characters in ruminal culture

From: Nitrate decreases methane production also by increasing methane oxidation through stimulating NC10 population in ruminal culture

 

Treatments

SEM

P value

Control

NaNO3

NH4Cl

NaNO3 + NH4Cl

pH

6.77

6.83

6.83

6.82

0.013

0.302

Ammonia (mg/dL)

20.83Cb

23.52Ba

22.29BCa

26.13A

0.623

<0.001

Acetate (mM)

21.67

26.54

22.34

24.40

0.934

0.264

Propionate (mM)

4.92

4.55

5.12

4.28

0.180

0.369

Isobutyrate (mM)

0.43

0.38

0.35

0.30

0.032

0.579

Butyrate (mM)

1.96Aa

1.21Bb

2.07Aa

1.36Bb

0.122

0.002

Isovalerate (mM)

0.52

0.65

0.54

0.47

0.043

0.580

Valerate (mM)

0.38

0.42

0.38

0.33

0.021

0.549

Total volatile fatty acids (mM)

29.87

33.75

30.80

31.13

1.035

0.651

  1. Values with different lowercase and capital superscripts in the same row differ significantly at P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively