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. 2018 May 5;96(7):2923–2938. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky174

Table 8.

Rumen fermentation characteristics from feedlot animals fed high-grain diets supplemented with no additives (CON), monensin (MON, 33 mg/kg DM), 3-nitrooxypropanol (NOP, 125 mg/kg DM), and combination of MON and NOP

−MON +MON P value
Variable −NOP +NOP −NOP +NOP SEM MON NOP MON × NOP
No. of steers 8 8 8 8
Total VFA, mM 101.8 91.9 96.6 97.2 8.16 0.99 0.59 0.54
Individual VFA, mol/100 mol
 Acetate (A) 48.7 44.1 48.6 44.8 0.62 0.70 <0.01 0.59
 Propionate (P) 37.5 42.6 39.0 42.5 1.44 0.58 <0.01 0.55
 Isobutyrate 1.05 1.06 1.10 1.00 0.060 0.89 0.51 0.36
 Butyrate 7.87 7.18 7.34 7.19 0.520 0.57 0.37 0.55
 Valerate 2.87 3.19 2.18 2.88 0.290 0.09 0.09 0.47
 Isovalerate 1.68 1.44 1.63 1.28 0.240 0.61 0.18 0.78
 Caproate 0.38 0.39 0.27 0.31 0.030 0.04 0.43 0.63
A:P ratio 1.42 1.06 1.33 1.07 0.090 0.61 0.01 0.52
NH3-N, mM 4.26 2.30 2.99 2.60 0.670 0.49 0.15 0.29