Effect of supplementation of allicin on methanogenesis and ruminal microbial flora in Dorper crossbred ewes

Table 5 Effects of supplementary allicin (AL) on ruminal microbial population

Microbial population, per mL of ruminal fluid	Treatments^a		SEM	P value
Microbial population, per mL of ruminal fluid	CON	AL	SEM	P value
Total bacteria, × 10¹⁰	7.36	12.10	0.72	<0.001
Protozoans, × 10⁷	7.83	6.64	0.36	0.097
Methanogens, × 10⁷	9.23	4.53	0.79	0.001
F. succinogenes, × 10⁵	4.08	9.05	0.66	<0.001
R. flavefaciens, × 10⁸	4.18	6.84	0.43	0.001
R. albus, × 10⁷	6.44	6.79	0.40	0.675
B. fibrisolvens, × 10⁹	9.71	15.20	0.89	0.001

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