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Table 3 Ruminal parameters of sheep fed the different diets1)

From: Effect of feeding a by-product feed-based silage on nutrients intake, apparent digestibility, and nitrogen balance in sheep

Item

Diet with

SE

Rye straw

BF-based silage2)

Ruminal pH

6.6

6.6

0.1

Ruminal VFA (mM/ℓ)

Acetate

105.6

107.5

16.1

Propionate

16.9

22.9

3.0

Butyrate

4.5

4.7

1.1

Acetate/propionate

5.9

4.7

0.7

NH3-N (mg/dl)

13.2a

22.6b

1.0

  1. 1)Means of 6 observations
  2. 2)BF-based silage was by-product feed-based silage, which was composed of 45 % spent mushroom substrate, 21 % recycled poultry bedding, 11 % rye straw, 10.8 % rice bran, 10 % corn taffy residue, 1.0 % protected fat, 0.6 % bentonite, and 0.6 % microbial additive, and ensiled for 30 d
  3. a,bMeans with different superscripts within the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05)