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Table 5 Effects of treatments on the proportions of individual VFA in vitro rumen fluid 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	SEM	P value
Acetate (%)	72.56^Bb	78.66^Aa	72.43^Bb	78.42^Aa	0.983	0.001
Propionate (%)	16.53^Aa	13.48^Bb	16.66^Aa	13.68^Bb	0.484	<0.001
Isobutyrate (%)	1.28	1.12	1.13	0.92	0.085	0.589
Butyrate (%)	6.60^Aa	6.75^Aa	3.59^Bb	4.51^ABb	0.465	0.006
Isovalerate (%)	1.75	1.92	1.77	1.43	0.122	0.617
Valerate (%)	1.28	1.24	1.26	1.03	0.056	0.426
Acetate/propionate	4.40^Bb	5.85^Aa	4.35^Bb	5.74^Aa	0.228	<0.001

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

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