Table 7.
Effect of flavonoids on different rumen microbial population.
| Items | Treatments | SEM | |||||||
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| Ctrl | F | M | N | C | R | Q | K | ||
| General bacteria × 1014 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 6.5a | 3.7b | 3.5b | 5.4a | 5.3a | 4.9ab | 5.3a | 3.4b | 1.22 | |
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| General fungi × 105 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 3.7a | 2.1b | 2.1b | 3.2a | 2.6ab | 2.9ab | 3.4a | 2.3b | 0.36 | |
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| Total protozoa × 106 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 3.8a | 1.1c | 1.9b | 1.9b | 2.1b | 2.6ab | 2.3b | 1.5bc | 0.31 | |
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| Total methanogens × 107 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 1.7a | 1.0b | 0.7b | 0.6b | 1.1ab | 1.3a | 0.9b | 1.1ab | 0.22 | |
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| Fibrobacter succinogenes × 106 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 3.5a | 1.4c | 1.6bc | 3.2a | 2.7ab | 2.5b | 3.1a | 1.4c | 0.26 | |
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| Ruminococcus albus × 105 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 2.4a | 1.5bc | 1.8b | 2.3a | 2.0ab | 1.8b | 2.4a | 1.5bc | 0.18 | |
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| Ruminococcus flavefaciens × 105 copies/mL of rumen fluid | |||||||||
| 5.1a | 3.7b | 3.2bc | 5.2a | 4.2b | 4.3ab | 4.9a | 3.1c | 0.28 | |
Ctrl: control F: flavone, M: myricetin, N: naringin, C: catechin, R: rutin, Q: quercetin, and K: kaempferol.
Means within the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05).