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. 2020 Aug 26;7:550. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00550

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).