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Table 4.

Effect of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) on plasma acetate pool size and turnover rate in sheep.

	Treatment^*						SEM	P-value
	Hop-diet			MH-diet				Diet	Time	Diet x Time
	BF	2F	4F	BF	2F	4F		Diet	Time	Diet x Time
No. of sheep	6	6	6	6	6	6
Acetate pool size (mmol/kg^0.75)	0.42	0.58	0.50	0.47	0.53	0.65	0.03	0.12	0.03	0.79
Acetate turnover rate (mmol/kg^0.75/min)	0.15	0.20	0.17	0.17	0.22	0.20	0.02	0.16	0.02	0.92
Half-life of acetate (min)	2.0	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.1	0.1	0.16	0.30	0.95

^*MH-diet=orchardgrass and reed canarygrass (60:40) hay; Hop-diet=MH-diet and hop (Humulus lupulus L.) (85:15); BF=before feeding; 2F=2 hours after feeding; 4F=4 hours after feeding; SEM=standard errors of the means.