. 2023 Oct 20;13(20):3275. doi: 10.3390/ani13203275

Table 5.

The effect of NFE on ruminal pH, NH₃-N, MCP, protozoa, and lactate of cashmere kids in the high-concentrate diet.

Item	Week 6			Week 12			Week		TRT			SEM	p-Value
Item	LC	HC	HN	LC	HC	HN	6	12	LC	HC	HN	SEM	Week	TRT	TRT × Week
pH	6.17 ^a	5.44 ^c	5.76 ^b	5.94 ^a	5.35 ^b	5.73 ^a	5.79	5.67	6.06 ^A	5.39 ^C	5.74 ^B	0.065	0.101	<0.001	0.509
NH₃-N, mg/100 mL	11.6 ^b	13.5 ^b	23.6 ^a	13.8 ^b	9.14 ^b	21.9 ^a	16.2	15.0	12.7 ^B	11.3 ^B	22.7 ^A	1.35	0.396	<0.001	0.200
MCP, mg/100 mL	30.3 ^a	24.1 ^b	31.1 ^a	9.25 ^b	11.2 ^b	15.8 ^a	28.5 ^A	12.1 ^B	19.7 ^B	17.6 ^B	23.4 ^A	0.904	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Protozoa, 10⁴/mL	105 ^b	209 ^a	117 ^b	151 ^b	280 ^a	128 ^b	144 ^B	186 ^A	128 ^B	245 ^A	122 ^B	12.6	0.006	<0.001	0.248
Lactate, mmol/L	0.556 ^b	0.817 ^a	0.614 ^b	0.694 ^b	1.090 ^a	0.754 ^b	0.662 ^B	0.847 ^A	0.625 ^B	0.954 ^A	0.684 ^B	0.0519	0.004	<0.001	0.539

^a,b,c Without a common superscript letter indicates significant (p < 0.05) changes among treatments in the same week. ^A,B,C Without a common superscript letter indicates significant (p < 0.05) changes among treatments in the same week.