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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 4

Supplementation effect of fumaric acid on digestibility in berseem-containing diets.


Parameters
Berseem-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 (×10⁴mL⁻¹)

HFD (80R : 20C)	0	7.20	100.33	2.85	21.21	44.08	4.38	22.87	2.58
	5	7.20	130.33	4.58	65.84	26.23	2.61	14.47	2.83
	10	7.19	134.33	4.94	73.21	24.19	2.40	15.40	0.92
	15	7.14	118.00	5.39	67.38	22.45	2.23	15.87	1.25

MFD (50R : 50C)	0	7.17	105.33	2.47	9.33	53.68	5.34	21.00	2.58
	5	7.15	145.33	4.74	76.34	30.16	3.00	19.60	1.42
	10	7.23	140.00	4.44	69.13	29.15	2.90	17.27	1.50
	15	7.16	126.67	4.84	66.67	27.18	2.70	20.07	1.92

LFD (20R : 80C)	0	7.26	137.33	2.99	33.84	58.61	5.83	27.07	2.83
	5	7.19	139.67	4.64	70.67	30.66	3.05	23.80	0.83
	10	7.18	158.00	4.48	78.50	31.07	3.09	22.40	1.42
	15	7.18	120.67	3.54	44.42	35.72	3.55	22.87	1.25

SEM	Diet (D)	NS	4.46	NS	NS	1.45	0.14	0.32	NS
	Treatment (T)	NS	5.15	0.19	4.96	1.67	0.17	0.37	0.27
	D × T	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.64	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.