International Scholarly Research Notices / 2012 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
Response of Fumaric Acid Addition on Methanogenesis, Rumen Fermentation, and Dry Matter Degradability in Diets Containing Wheat Straw and Sorghum or Berseem as Roughage Source Table 2 Supplementation effect of fumaric acid on digestibility in sorghum containing diets.
Parameters Sorghum-containing diets Dose (mM) pH DDM (mg) PF (mg TDMD/mL gas) MBM (mg) CH4 (mL/gm DM incubated) CH4 (mM/g DM) NH3 -N (mg/100 mL) Protozoa (×104 mL−1 ) HFD (80R : 20C) 0 7.13 133.00 4.07 59.50 39.07 3.88 19.13 2.50 5 7.19 135.33 4.59 68.96 33.32 3.31 21.47 1.50 10 7.13 133.33 4.00 58.33 30.62 3.05 16.80 1.25 15 7.15 118.00 4.00 51.63 27.26 2.71 20.07 1.25 MFD (50R : 50C) 0 7.14 150.00 3.80 61.13 45.68 4.55 24.27 1.63 5 7.19 148.67 4.21 69.17 38.72 3.85 20.07 1.75 10 7.24 148.33 4.03 65.46 34.86 3.47 26.13 1.75 15 7.15 139.33 3.89 58.71 33.46 3.33 20.07 0.75 LFD (20R : 80C) 0 7.21 157.67 3.73 62.42 49.72 4.94 27.53 0.75 5 7.16 158.00 3.97 68.38 42.77 4.25 24.27 0.50 10 7.15 159.00 3.91 67.50 37.83 3.76 22.40 1.00 15 7.14 156.33 4.15 71.58 35.66 3.55 28.00 1.50 SEM Diets (D) NS 1.55 0.04 1.29 0.33 0.03 1.09 NS Treatments (T) NS 1.79 0.05 1.49 0.39 0.04 NS NS D × T NS NS 0.09 2.59 NS NS NS NS
HFD: high-fiber diet; MFD: medium-fiber diet; LFD: low-fiber diet; R: roughage; C: concentrate; DDM: digestible dry matter (mg); PF: partition factor (mg TDMD/mL gas); MBM: microbial biomass (mg); SEM: standard error of means.