Table-7.
Total of bacteria, protozoa, and protein microbes in the ration supplemented with the protein concentrate of Indigofera.
| Variable | Ration treatment | p-value | ||||
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| IFW1 | IFN1 | IFW05 | IFN05 | Control | ||
| Total bacteria* (×1010 cfu/mL) | 2.54e ± 0.14 | 3.05d ± 0.20 | 4.40b ± 0.09 | 4.81a ± 0.39 | 3.47c ± 0.06 | 0.0001 |
| Protozoa* (×106 cell/mL) | 6.08a ± 2.04 | 4.57b ± 4.33 | 2.19d ± 3.12 | 3.26c ± 3.33 | 3.19c ± 1.80 | 0.0001 |
| Microbial protein (mg/100 mL) | 160.88a ± 3.75 | 150.67ab ± 24.5 | 129.69b ± 13.02 | 149.21ab ± 16.24 | 135.25ab ± 21.10 | 0.0087 |
IFW=Fresh Indigofera leaves extracted with distilled water, IFN=Fresh Indigofera leaves extracted with 0.1 N NaOH, IFW1=Control ration containing 1% of IFW, IFN1=Control ration containing 1% of IFN, IFW05=Control ration containing 0.5% of IFW, IFN05=Control ration containing 0.5% of IFN, Control=Rice straw basal ration,
*
Statistical tests are based on logarithmically transformed data; numbers with different letters in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05)