Table 5.
Ruminal protozoa population of heifers fed a barley straw diet before and after rumen content transfers from the bison.
| Item | Rumen transfers | SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Time | Transfer | Time × Transfer | ||
| Total Protozoa, ×104 | ||||||
| Before feeding | 7.5 | 10.0 | 0.55 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 0.67 |
| 6 h after feeding | 6.4 | 8.5 | ||||
| Entodinium, %1 | ||||||
| Before feeding | 73.1 | 57.2 | 2.77 | 0.35 | <0.01 | 0.23 |
| 6 h after feeding | 67.8 | 57.9 | ||||
| Ostracodinium, %1 | ||||||
| Before feeding | 7.2 | 21.2 | 1.88 | 0.35 | <0.01 | 0.41 |
| 6 h after feeding Item | 7.0 | 18.2 | ||||
| Eudiplodinium, %1 | ||||||
| Before feeding | 5.5 | 5.6 | 1.04 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.32 |
| 6 h after feeding | 7.2 | 7.9 | ||||
| Metadinium, %1 | ||||||
| Before feeding | 6.7 | 5.8 | 1.00 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.51 |
| 6 h after feeding | 8.2 | 5.6 | ||||
| Diplodinium, %1 | ||||||
| Before feeding | 4.9 | 4.6 | 1.16 | 0.71 | 0.27 | 0.32 |
| 6 h after feeding | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||||
| Prevalence2 | ||||||
| Polyplastron | ||||||
| Before feeding | 6.3 | 28.1 | — | 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.12 |
| 6 h after feeding | 6.3 | 3.1 | ||||
| Isotricha | ||||||
| Before feeding | 34.4 | 43.8 | — | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.21 |
| 6 h after feeding | 43.8 | 31.3 | ||||
| Dasytricha | ||||||
| Before feeding | 21.9 | 53.1 | — | 0.88 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
| 6 h after feeding | 34.4 | 31.3 | ||||
| Epidinium | ||||||
| Before feeding | 6.3 | 25.0 | — | 0.77 | <0.01 | 0.42 |
| 6 h after feeding | 3.1 | 34.4 | ||||
1% of total protozoa count.
2% of the heifers that had at least one of the following protozoa genus. Data were analyzed as binomial distribution (yes or no) by the GLIMMIX procedure (SAS Inst. Inc.).