Table 9 Effects of sodium nitrate on microbial population in water buffaloes (log10Â copies/g rumen contents)
Species | Sodium nitrate, g/kg | SE | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.44 | |||
Total bacteria | 13.21 | 13.60 | 12.46 | 13.31 | 0.16 | 0.108 |
Protozoa | 8.77 | 9.00 | 7.51 | 8.46 | 0.23 | 0.142 |
Methanogenic archaea | 8.50 | 9.05 | 7.76 | 8.65 | 0.19 | 0.180 |
Fungi | 7.53 | 7.40 | 7.26 | 7.58 | 0.11 | 0.817 |
B. proteoclasticus | 8.75 | 8.77 | 7.92 | 9.21 | 0.17 | 0.087 |
B. fibrisolvens + Pseudobutyrivibrio spp. | 7.64 | 7.70 | 7.05 | 8.12 | 0.20 | 0.410 |
‘Atypical’ Butyrivibrio | 8.43ab | 8.67ab | 7.68a | 9.27b | 0.19 | 0.033 |
B. hungatei | 8.05 | 8.33 | 7.21 | 8.40 | 0.19 | 0.154 |