Item | Treatmentsd | SEM | P < | |||
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Con | AlcH | FlaH | Ant | |||
Nutrient disappearance, % | ||||||
DM | 76.5a | 76.1ab | 75.3b | 72.7c | 0.58 | 0.01 |
OM | 77.7a | 77.6a | 76.5b | 74.1c | 0.56 | 0.01 |
CP | 75.1a | 75.4a | 73.4b | 69.7c | 0.63 | 0.01 |
NDF | 40.3a | 38.7a | 38.9a | 31.8b | 1.86 | 0.01 |
ADF | 29.2a | 26.8a | 27.2a | 21.5b | 1.88 | 0.01 |
Starch | 90.7a | 90.8a | 89.5b | 87.8c | 0.50 | 0.01 |
Fermentation characteristics | ||||||
pH | 5.74b | 5.78b | 5.77b | 5.85a | 0.02 | 0.01 |
NH3-N, mmol/d | 3.66b | 4.05a | 4.19a | 2.57c | 0.12 | 0.01 |
Total VFA, mmol/d | 54.80a | 54.51a | 53.63a | 48.88b | 0.86 | 0.01 |
Individual VFA, % of total VFA | ||||||
Acetate (A) | 30.97a | 31.12a | 31.67a | 29.77b | 0.38 | 0.03 |
Propionate (P) | 39.33b | 39.39b | 39.42b | 42.98a | 0.39 | 0.01 |
Butyrate | 20.37a | 19.98a | 19.20b | 16.76c | 0.45 | 0.01 |
BCVFAe | 2.21a | 2.19a | 2.19a | 1.56b | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Valerate | 4.25b | 4.33b | 4.78b | 7.12a | 0.41 | 0.01 |
Caproate | 2.64a | 2.77a | 2.80a | 1.57b | 0.17 | 0.01 |
A:P | 0.79a | 0.79a | 0.80a | 0.69b | 0.01 | 0.01 |