Dose and time response of ruminally infused algae on rumen fermentation characteristics, biohydrogenation and Butyrivibrio group bacteria in goats

Table 4 Effect on algae infusion on the rumen bacterial abundance

	Treatments^a			P-value^b
Items	Control	L-Alg	H-Alg	SEM	A	T	A × T
Total bacteria^c	9.47^e	9.45^e	9.17^d	0.038	<0.01	0.07	0.42
Butyrivibrio spp.^c	6.34	6.36	6.37	0.026	0.99	0.02	0.15
Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus ^c	4.87	4.64	4.54	0.053	0.24	0.04	0.67

^aTreatments: rumen infusion of 0.0 g/d algae (Control); rumen infusion of 6.1 g/d algae (L-Alg); rumen infusion of 18.3 g/d algae (H-Alg)
^bProbability of linear effect of algae infusion (A), time effect following algae infusion (T), and their interaction (A × T)
^cValues are expressed in log₁₀ number of 16S rRNA gene copies per mL rumen contents
^{d, e}Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05

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