Dietary Coleus amboinicus Lour. decreases ruminal methanogenesis and biohydrogenation, and improves meat quality and fatty acid composition in longissimus thoracis muscle of lambs

Table 9 The effect of CAL on ruminal microbial populations in cannulated lambs (Exp. 2)

Parameters	Control	CAL	SEM	P-value
Total protozoa, 10⁵/mL	4.43	5.76	0.42	0.06
Holotricha, 10⁵/mL	0.08	0.04	0.01	0.02
Entodiniomorpha, 10⁵/mL	4.35	5.72	0.42	0.07
Total bacteria, 10⁹/mL	4.12	4.37	0.07	0.09
Total methanogens, 10⁸/mL	5.34	4.17	0.18	< 0.01
Methanobacteriales, 10⁷/mL	4.20	3.03	0.16	< 0.01
Methanomicrobiales, 10⁷/mL	3.35	2.97	0.09	0.04

CON control diet, CAL Coleus amboinicus Lour. diet, SEM standard error of means
Means in the same row indicate significant differences at P < 0.05 and tended to significant at P < 0.10

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