Effect of feeding garlic leaves on rumen fermentation, methane emission, plasma glucose kinetics, and nitrogen utilization in sheep

Table 6 Effect of feeding FDGL on purine derivatives excretion and microbial nitrogen supply (MNS) in sheep^a

Items	Diet^b		SEM^c	P-value
Items	Control	FDGL	SEM^c	P-value
Allantoin (mmol/(kg BW^0.75·d))	0.37	0.43	0.029	0.084
Uric acid (mmol/(kg BW^0.75·d))	0.03	0.03	0.003	0.441
Xanthine plus hypoxanthine (mmol/(kg BW^0.75·d))	0.04	0.05	0.004	0.443
Total purine derivatives (mmol/(kg BW^0.75·d))	0.44	0.52	0.031	0.077
Total MNS (g N/(kg BW^0.75·d))	0.37	0.43	0.027	0.073

^aValues represent means of six sheep
^bControl diet: mixed hay (orchardgrass and reed canarygrass) and concentrate (60:40); FDGL diet: Control diet plus FDGL
^cSEM, standard error of mean

ISSN: 2055-0391