Parameter | Treatment |
SEM | P-value |
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Normal | Acidosis | NorPro | AcidPro | NorFE | AcidFE | Treatment | Time | Treatment Time × | ||
pH | 6.75a | 5.59b | 6.76a | 5.72b | 6.76a | 5.74b | 0.10 | 0.0001 | <0. 001 | 0.01 |
Ammonia, mmol/L | 16.56 | 9.73 | 14.90 | 11.28 | 16.02 | 11.16 | 5.37 | 0.87 | <0.001 | 0.35 |
Total VFA, mmol/L | 57.04 | 52.79 | 54.60 | 47.52 | 54.52 | 55.53 | 5.83 | 0.88 | 0.04 | 0.80 |
Acetate, mmol/L | 35.23 | 30.74 | 33.96 | 27.84 | 33.67 | 32.52 | 3.90 | 0.78 | 0.06 | 0.83 |
Propionate, mmol/L | 10.63 | 10.60 | 10.31 | 9.03 | 10.50 | 11.21 | 1.25 | 0.87 | 0.03 | 0.80 |
Butyrate, mmol/L | 1.35 | 1.22 | 1.29 | 1.20 | 1.32 | 1.24 | 0.24 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.53 |
Isobutyrate, mmol/L | 6.37 | 7.11 | 5.77 | 6.46 | 5.66 | 7.74 | 1.31 | 0.86 | 0.02 | 0.43 |
Valerate, mmol/L | 1.87 | 1.61 | 1.71 | 1.58 | 1.78 | 1.39 | 0.33 | 0.92 | 0.06 | 0.50 |
Isovalerate, mmol/L | 1.59 | 1.52 | 1.47 | 1.40 | 1.59 | 1.46 | 0.10 | 0.71 | 0.04 | 0.82 |
Lactate, mmol/L | 3.02 | 3.04 | 3.32 | 3.06 | 3.23 | 3.14 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 0.001 | 0.13 |
GAS, mL | 54.00 | 39.40 | 46.20 | 34.20 | 34.20 | 36.50 | 11.46 | 0.79 | <0.001 | 0.86 |
CO2, mmol/L | 22.30 | 19.84 | 21.49 | 17.98 | 21.44 | 20.90 | 2.29 | 0.79 | 0.05 | 0.82 |
CH4, mmol/L | 15.63 | 13.33 | 15.04 | 12.26 | 14.87 | 14.09 | 1.94 | 0.82 | 0.07 | 0.82 |
Parameter | Barley | Straw | Alfalfa |
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Dry matter, % | 90.76 | 93.12 | 93.21 |
Organic matter, % | 88.58 | 86.00 | 84.63 |
Ether extract, % | 2.45 | 1.55 | 2.08 |
Crude protein, % | 10.50 | 2.82 | 23.45 |
Crude fibre, % | 6.38 | 42.18 | 17.8 |
aNDFom, % | 33.94 | 77.93 | 34.22 |
ADF, % | 7.00 | 51.42 | 24.18 |
ME, MJ/kg | 2.34 | 5.72 | 3.80 |
TDN, % | 23.11 | 40.79 | 30.50 |
Volatile composition of FE, mg/g1 | |||
α-pinene | 2.167 | ||
Camphene | * | ||
β-pinene | 0.085 | ||
Verbenone | 0.015 | ||
Elemene | 0.011 | ||
1,4-cineole | 0.012 | ||
Cis-verbenol | 0.016 | ||
Trans-verbenol | 0.048 | ||
Limonene | * | ||
Myrtenol | 0.010 |
Parameter | Normal | Acidosis | NorPro | AcidPro | NorFE | AcidFE | SEM4 | P-value |
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Degradation (% of incubated)2 Barley |
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Dry matter (DM) | 86.36ab | 83.79c | 87.16a | 80.96c | 84.34abc | 82.24c | 0.80 | <0.001 |
aNDFom3 | 48.48a | 38.78a | 51.52a | 28.09b | 40.87a | 32.93a | 3.02 | <0.001 |
Organic matter (OM) | 88.44ab | 86.26bc | 89.12a | 83.86c | 86.73abc | 84.95c | 0.68 | <0.001 |
Total | 87.62a | 85.29b | 88.35a | 83.33b | 85.79ab | 83.88b | 0.72 | <0.001 |
Straw |
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Dry matter (DM) | 35.89a | 26.35b | 35.71a | 20.39c | 38.92a | 34.69a | 1.41 | <0.001 |
aNDFom3 | 23.39a | 12.00b | 23.18a | 14.88b | 27.01a | 21.97a | 1.68 | <0.001 |
Organic matter (OM) | 45.87a | 37.82b | 45.72a | 32.79c | 48.43a | 44.86a | 1.19 | <0.001 |
Total | 40.30a | 31.42b | 40.13a | 25.87c | 43.12a | 39.19a | 1.31 | <0.001 |
Alfalfa |
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Dry matter (DM) | 78.54a | 77.23ab | 78.89a | 76.35ab | 78.95a | 75.04b | 0.69 | 0.001 |
aNDFom | 41.54a | 37.99ab | 42.5a | 35.59ab | 42.67a | 32.02b | 1.88 | 0.001 |
Organic matter (OM) | 82.16a | 81.07ab | 82.45a | 80.34ab | 82.5a | 79.26b | 0.54 | 0.001 |
Total | 80.00a | 78.78ab | 80.33a | 77.96ab | 80.38a | 76.74b | 0.64 | 0.001 |