Table 5. Effects of increasing levels of lovastatin on methane emission from goats.
| Dietary treatments | Period (weeks) | Significance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Low | Medium | High | 4 | 8 | 12 | SEM | Diet | Period | Diet *Period | |
| DMI (g/day) | 522.26a | 543.83a | 504.92a | 406.96b | 460.71y | 504.65x | 500.34x | 11.550 | 0.0141 | 0.0030 | 0.6394 |
| CH4/day (L) | 19.31a | 17.81ab | 14.95bc | 11.80c | 13.93y | 17.12x | 16.85x | 0.564 | 0.0015 | 0.0001 | 0.5128 |
| CH4/DMI (L/kg) | 36.98a | 32.72b | 29.43b | 29.21b | 30.28 | 32.87 | 33.11 | 0.733 | 0.0029 | 0.0956 | 0.3320 |
Different superscript lowercase letters in each row within a treatment variable indicate significant differences
DMI: Dry matter intake; Control, Low, Medium and High represent 0, 2, 4 and 6 mg lovastatin/kg BW/day, respectively