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Table 3 Volatile fatty acid concentrations during in vitro rumen fermentation (12 h)

From: Rumen fermentation and microbial community composition influenced by live Enterococcus faecium supplementation

Parameters	Treatments				SEM	P-value
Parameters	Con	T1	T2	T3	SEM	Treatment	Linear	Quadratic
Acetate (mM)	32.52^c	33.91^b	34.97^ab	35.66^a	0.286	< 0.001	0.020	0.043
Propionate (mM)	9.97^b	14.15^a	10.83^b	10.39^b	0.180	0.005	0.382	0.013
Butyrate (mM)	5.87^b	7.20^a	7.41^a	7.38^a	0.295	0.018	0.042	0.142
A/P ratio (mM)	3.11	2.98	3.48	3.21	0.211	0.474	0.627	0.680
Total VFA (mM)	49.19^b	55.40^a	55.38^a	54.17^a	0.583	< 0.001	0.006	0.039

Con control (no addition), T1 0.1% E. faecium, T2 0.5% E. faecium, T3 1.0% E. faecium, SEM standard error of the mean
Different superscript letters indicate a statistically significant difference. P-value, calculated probability

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