Lovastatin-Enriched Rice Straw Enhances Biomass Quality and Suppresses Ruminal Methanogenesis

Table 6

Effect of rice straw (RS) and fermented rice straw (FRS) on VFA production (mmol), pH and IVDMD (%).

	RS	FRS	Significant
Acetate	37.49±2.22	34.92±2.51	NS
Propionate	14.44±0.75	13.01±0.83	*
Isobutyrate	0.77±0.04	0.76±0.03	NS
Butyrate	3.80±0.14	3.77±0.16	NS
Isovalerate	1.66±0.08	1.71±0.08	NS
Valerate	0.49±0.02	0.48±0.02	NS
Total	58.65±3.09	54.65±3.55	NS
A/P	2.60±0.09	2.68±0.08	NS
GP/VFA	0.96±0.059	0.86±0.039	**
CH4/VFA	0.05±0.004	0.04±0.002	**
pH	6.87±0.03	6.95±0.04	**
IVDMD	45.81±1.48	49.01±0.79	**

Data are mean ± SD.
NS: not significantly different.
*Significantly different at 5% level.
**Significantly different at 1% level.