TABLE 7 .

Rumen total E. coli population decreases with increasing levels of Tasco in the diet^a

Avg population decrease ± SD				P value
Con	1SW	3SW	5SW	Linear	Quadratic
6.82 ± 0.09	6.27 ± 0.14	5.86 ± 0.12	5.90 ± 0.13	<0.001	0.002

^aDM basis; n = 8 per diet. Con, control; 1SW, 1% DM-based Tasco; 3SW, 3% DM-based Tasco; 5SW, 5% DM-based Tasco. Data are presented as a log₁₀ copies of 16S rRNA gene/g conversion.