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Table 3.

Gas production of feed stuffs incubated in buffered rumen fluid with different additives (mL g^-1 DM).

Treatments	Incubation times (h)
Treatments	2	4	6	8	12	16	24	36	48	72	96	a+b	c (h^-1)
CTR	24.83^a	32.84^a	69.10^a	95.61^a	119.54^a	142.60^a	193.93^a	224.64^a	271.60^a	287.88^a	309.88^a	309.08^a	0.031^cd
MON	19.93^c	24.14^b	57.80^b	83.98^b	106.93^b	128.98^b	159.22^b	192.19^b	215.10^ab	226.27^c	249.45^c	243.50^d	0.032^c
GAR ₁	23.44^ab	29.26^a	63.78^ab	87.23^b	115.30^ab	136.56^ab	183.22^a	208.82^ab	224.21^b	257.62^b	279.17^b	272.30^c	0.04^a
GAR ₂	24.42^a	32.59^a	70.04^a	100.44^a	122.50^a	143.54^a	189.31^a	223.13^a	249.00^ab	286.37^a	310.59^a	309.18^a	0.03^b
GAR ₃	16.00^d	25.26^b	61.28^b	95.75^a	124.04^a	145.30^a	188.63^a	221.12^a	243.80^ab	280.58^a	299.24^ab	300.00^b	0.04^a
EO ₁	20.44^bc	21.37^b	21.73^c	24.64^c	30.67^c	61.69^c	92.80^c	108.22^c	123.50^ab	135.61^d	147.39^d	156.61^e	0.03^c
EO ₂	20.44^bc	22.12^b	23.24^c	27.22^c	29.59^c	30.79^d	53.38^d	85.28^d	100.80^b	107.26^e	113.48^e	145.85f	0.01^e
EO ₃	21.78^abc	23.60^b	24.51^c	25.54^c	26.98^c	27.80^d	43.36^d	65.97^e	86.11^b	104.44^e	113.00^e	132.72^g	0.02^e
SEM	1.82	2.25	3.62	4.13	4.89	5.33	7.23	10.68	10.84	11.61	12.21	0.277	0.00

DM = dry matter, CTR = control, MON = monensin 7.5 µg mL^-1, GAR₁ = raw garlic bulb 5 mg mL^-1, GAR₂ = raw garlic bulb 10 mg mL^-1, GAR₃ = raw garlic bulb 15 mg mL^-1, EO₁ = garlic essential oil 33 µg mL^-1, EO₂ = garlic essential oil 66µg mL^-1, EO₃ = garlic essential oil 100 µg mL^-1, a+b = potential of gas production mL g^-1 DM, c = rate constant of gas production during incubation mL h^-1

^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}

The means within a same column without common letter(s) differ significantly (P < 0.05).