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Table 4.

Diet by day interaction effect on ruminal fluid pH in rams fed high (HCD) or low (LCD) concentrate diets containing thymol (mg/kg DM

Diet	C:R ratio	Thymol	Day 1	Day 10	Day 17
HCD(0.0)	70:30	0.0	7.04^a ^A	6.76^b ^B	6.97^a ^A
HCD(0.3)	70:30	0.3	6.75^b ^A	6.93^b ^B	7.05^a ^A
HCD(0.6)	70:30	0.6	6.75^b ^A	6.76^b ^A	7.05^a ^A
LCD(0.0)	52:48	0.0	6.66^b ^A	6.88^b ^A	6.97^a ^A
LCD(0.3)	52:48	0.3	6.73^b ^A	7.18^a ^A	7.13^a ^A
LCD(0.6)	52:48	0.6	6.99^a ^A	6.76^b ^A	7.09^a ^A

C:R ratio: Concentrate to roughage ratio

^{a, b}

Within columns, mean values with common superscript(s) do not differ (P>0.05; SEM=0.07).

^{A, B}

Within rows, mean values with common superscript(s) do not differ (P>0.05; SEM=0.07).