TABLE 3 .
Total bacterial and archaeal populations in the rumens of rams fed increasing levels of A. nodosum extract
| Population | Cona | 1SW | 3SW | 5SW |
P value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linear | Quadratic | |||||
| Bacteria | 11.63 ± 0.11b | 10.43 ± 0.20 | 10.64 ± 0.20 | 10.49 ± 0.17 | <0.001 | 0.006 |
| Archaea | 8.70 ± 0.05b | 8.54 ± 0.07 | 8.25 ± 0.09 | 8.12 ± 0.07 | <0.001 | 0.231 |
| Protozoa | 3.40 ± 0.66c | 4.53 ± 0.56 | 4.77 ± 0.56 | 5.14 ± 0.63 | <0.001 | 0.060 |
a
Con, control; 1SW, 1% DM-based Tasco; 3SW, 3% DM-based Tasco; 5SW, 5% DM-based Tasco.
b
Data are presented as a log10 number of 16S rRNA gene copies/g conversion.
c
Data are presented as a log10 number of cells/ml of rumen fluid conversion.