Table A2.

The relative abundance of major bacterial phyla (>1%) between rumen fluid and feces

Phylum		Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	q‐value for day	q‐value (DF versus DR)
Bacteroidetes	DR	58.07	57.74	60.05	ns	***
	DF	6.72	4.02	5.79	ns
	q‐value	***	***	***
Firmicutes	DR	38.69	37.87	36.24	ns	***
	DF	79.68	82.8	79.91	ns
	q‐value	***	***	***
Spirochaetes	DR	1.22	1.67	1.02	ns	**
	DF	1.09	0.22	0.15	ns
	q‐value	ns	*	ns
Actinobacteria	DR	0.33	0.53	0.28	ns	**
	DF	10.39	11.97	12.70	ns
	q‐value	*	***	***
Proteobacteria	DR	0.27	0.43	0.28	ns	*
	DF	0.26	0.17	0.11	ns
	q‐value	ns	ns	ns

Day 1: sample from the first sampling day; day 2: sample from the second sampling day; day 3: sample from the third sampling day.

Abbreviations: DF, feces samples; DR, rumen fluid samples.

*q value < 0.05, **q value < 0.01, ***q value < 0.001, ns means q > 0.05.