In vitro ruminal-microbial fermentation pattern: nutritional insights about some agricultural crop mesocarps (peel) in ruminant nutrition

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Table 3 The gas test parameters obtained from the incubation of some agricultural crop mesocarps

Item	b_gas	c_gas	gas 12 h	gas 24 h	gas 48 h	gas 72 h	gas 96 h
Watermelon	57.7^b	0.0838^b	36.9^ab	46.3^ab	55.3^ab	58.5^abc	60.1^ab
Galia melon	58.4^ab	0.0826^b	34.6^b	45.4^abc	54.4^b	59.7^a	62.0^ab
Rockmelon	57.9^b	0.0779^b	35.3^ab	45.4^abc	54.8^ab	58.2^abc	60.8^ab
Til sabz	63.1^a	0.110^a	35.8^ab	49.5^a	59.7^a	62.8^a	65.8^a
Til atashi	58.1^b	0.0742^b	40.3^a	49.1^a	56.2^ab	59.2^ab	61.9^ab
Cucumber	55.9^b	0.0545^c	28.2^c	39.8^bc	49.2^c	54.5^bc	58.1^b
Eggplant	55.6^b	0.0544^c	27.9^c	39.5^c	48.9^c	54.1^c	57.7^b
SEM	0.60	0.0041	1.02	0.94	0.86	0.71	0.68
p-value	0.003	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.0005	< 0.0001	0.0006	0.004

Means within each column followed by a common letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05.
b_gas (ml/200 mg DM): potential gas production; c_gas (%/h): fractional rate of gas production; gas 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h: the gas produced at times 12, 24, 48, and 72 h incubation.
Til sabz and Til atashi are the local names of two Iranian melons (Cucumis melo L.).
SEM: standard error of the mean.