Table 4.
In vitro methane (CH4) production (mL) kinetics of three total mixed rations supplemented with different levels of camelina oil (N = 6).
| Time/h | Oil levels | SEM | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 8% | |||
| Roughage:concentrate (70:30) | |||||||
| 3 | 9.73b | 9.99b | 10.38a | 9.91b | 10.46a | 0.075 | 0.002 |
| 6 | 10.53c | 11.25ab | 11.15b | 11.22ab | 11.64a | 0.094 | 0.001 |
| 9 | 12.39c | 13.71ab | 14.23a | 13.45b | 13.80ab | 0.155 | 0.001 |
| 12 | 14.78b | 15.14ab | 15.40a | 15.30ab | 15.35a | 0.084 | 0.130 |
| 24 | 21.23 | 22.16 | 22.34 | 21.95 | 22.33 | 0.187 | 0.312 |
| 48 | 28.72 | 27.31 | 28.41 | 27.70 | 26.74 | 0.406 | 0.566 |
| Roughage:concentrate (50:50) | |||||||
| 3 | 9.39 | 9.76 | 9.59 | 9.78 | 9.77 | 0.056 | 0.116 |
| 6 | 11.60 | 11.44 | 11.61 | 11.92 | 11.78 | 0.075 | 0.312 |
| 9 | 13.35 | 13.98 | 14.15 | 14.48 | 14.46 | 0.103 | 0.196 |
| 12 | 16.99 | 16.61 | 17.17 | 16.68 | 16.85 | 0.193 | 0.905 |
| 24 | 24.04a | 23.09b | 22.76b | 23.16b | 22.52b | 0.137 | 0.001 |
| 48 | 26.45a | 25.60b | 25.48bc | 25.63b | 24.86c | 0.130 | 0.001 |
| Roughage:concentrate (30:70) | |||||||
| 3 | 9.21c | 9.51b | 9.47bc | 9.44bc | 9.81a | 0.053 | 0.003 |
| 6 | 10.68c | 10.92bc | 10.98abc | 11.23ab | 11.25a | 0.059 | 0.005 |
| 9 | 12.93b | 13.13b | 13.40ab | 13.84a | 13.47ab | 0.097 | 0.024 |
| 12 | 15.43c | 15.66bc | 15.74bc | 15.52a | 16.17ab | 0.111 | 0.007 |
| 24 | 24.78 | 24.66 | 24.54 | 24.91 | 24.53 | 0.127 | 0.876 |
| 48 | 30.78a | 29.89ab | 30.30ab | 29.59b | 29.18b | 0.198 | 0.058 |
Arithmetic mean in the same row within each ration with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).