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Table 3.

Effect of rumen fluid transplantation on VFA in yaks.

VFA	Treatment Groups												SEM	p-Value
	CON						RT							p-Value
	Day 4	Day 7	Day 14	Day 28	Day 60	Day 90	Day 4	Day 7	Day 14	Day 28	Day 60	Day 90		Group	Day	Group*Day
Acetate	42.22	44.90	47.56	35.47	36.60	43.93	41.29	52.45	49.43	40.26	34.56	44.09	1.037	0.314	0.000	0.677
Propionate	12.33	16.26	17.34	9.74	9.05	9.49	10.72	13.79	14.13	10.02	8.21	11.65	1.038	0.239	0.000	0.424
Isobutyrate	0.52	0.41 ^b	0.49	0.43 ^b	0.40 ^b	0.64	0.56	0.83 ^a	0.64	0.73 ^a	0.66 ^a	0.73	1.038	0.000	0.246	0.055
Butyrate	7.12	7.40 ^b	8.22	7.72	4.95	5.60	8.29	11.54 ^a	9.44	6.49	6.98	8.57	0.781	0.005	0.013	0.171
Isovalerate	0.48	0.54	0.72	0.84	0.62	0.83	0.48	0.70	0.64	0.69	0.68	0.70	0.533	0.613	0.003	0.273
Valerate	0.30	0.40	0.40	0.33	0.15	0.24	0.30	0.46	0.41	0.22	0.26	0.44	0.473	0.266	0.019	0.352
Acetate Propionate	3.75	2.94	3.02	3.8	4.1	4.76	3.86	3.82	3.53	4.11	4.39	3.97	0.08	0.107	0.000	0.016