Table 2.
Effect of nZnO levels on ruminal pH and redox (after 72 h of incubation)
| Effects | Alfalfa | Maize silage | Control | 100 μg g−1 | 200 μg g− 1 | 500 μg g− 1 | 1000 μg g− 1 | SEMa | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feed | nZnO | nZnOa Feed |
|||||||||
| pH | 7.22x | 6.94y | 7.09a | 7.07a | 7.08a | 7.07a | 7.08a | 0.001 | <.0001 | 0.644 | 0.401 |
| Redox | -300x | -301x | -301a | -301a | -300a | -302a | -299a | 9.004 | 0.748 | 0.947 | 0.217 |
aData’s are presented as least square means per treatment ± SEM
Means followed by the same letters (x/y/a/b/c/d) in each row are not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05