Table-4.

Nitrogen fractions and lactate (mg/dL) in rumen liquor of fistulated crossbred cattle and buffaloes fed various TMR diet.

Attributes	60C:20W: 20G	40C:30W: 30G	20C:40W: 40G	Mean±SE		SEM	p values
	T1	T2	T3	Cattle	Buffalo		T	S	T×S
pH	6.24±0.05	6.26±0.05	6.33±0.07	6.24±0.05	6.31±0.04	0.03	0.587	0.342	0.795
NH3-N	11.11b±0.66	8.43a±0.42	7.36a±0.44	8.27q±0.53	9.66p±0.55	0.39	0.009**	0.023*	0.909
TN	82.83c±2.32	65.83b±3.81	58.00a±3.24	62.00q±3.51	75.77p±2.80	2.50	0.006**	0.003**	0.257
TCA-ppt. N	58.50b±2.54	45.00a±2.35	40.33a±2.58	47.33±2.76	48.55±2.71	1.91	0.007**	0.684	0.959
NPN	24.33±3.28	20.83±4.00	17.66±2.80	14.66q±1.72	27.22p±2.86	1.96	0.29	0.005**	0.406
LA	1.76±0.04	1.71±0.04	1.66±0.07	1.74±0.05	1.68±0.04	0.03	0.463	0.396	0.893

Mean bearing different superscripts in a column and row differ significantly,

^*p<0.05;

^**p<0.01; mg/dL=Milligrams per decilitre, pH=Potential of hydrogen, NH3-N=Ammonia nitrogen, TN=Total nitrogen, TCA-ppt. N=Trichloroacetic acid induced nitrogen precipitation, NPN=Non protein nitrogen, LA=Lactic acid, TMR=Total mixed ration, SEM=Standard error of mean, SE=Standard error, T=Dietary treatment, S=Species (crossbred cattle and buffalo), T×S=Interaction between species and dietary treatments, C=Concentrate mixture, W=Wheat straw, G=Green maize