Evaluation of nutritive value and in vitro rumen fermentation gas accumulation of de-oiled algal residues

Table 2 In vitro rumen fermentation gas accumulation kinetics of de-oiled algal residues, soybean meal, and alfalfa hay

	Control		De-oiled algal residue
Item	Soybean meal	Alfalfa hay	Common chlorella	T. weissflogii	S. capricornutum	Scenedesmus sp.	S. dimorphus
	Coefficient of in vitro ruminal assay
Fast fermenting fraction, mL/g DM	57.5^ab†	53.3^ab	70.0^a	53.1^ab	34.5^b	47.6^ab	22.7^b
Fast rate, mL/h	5.00^a	2.81^b	2.37^b	1.83^c	1.55^c	1.47^c	1.29^c
Fast lag, h	1.78^a	1.42^a	4.47^a	0.20^a	2.01^a	3.34^a	3.01^a
Slow fermenting fraction, mL/g DM	63.5^a	38.0^b	22.1^bc	17.3^c	31.2^b	37.4^b	37.0^b
Slow rate, mL/h	2.15^a	1.82^a	0.27^b	0.33^b	0.38^b	0.34^b	0.60^b
Slow lag, h	6.9^a	3.3^a	8.9^a	3.1^a	16.0^a	14.1^a	7.6^a

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