. 2020 Aug 30;10(9):1531. doi: 10.3390/ani10091531

Table 3.

In vitro dry matter and organic matter degradability (IVDMD and IVOMD, respectively), ammonia concentration, log bacteria, and log protozoa counts measured after 48 h of incubation with the HF or HC diets, supplemented with varying proportions of plant extracts rich in T and S.

Diet	Extract	IVDMD	IVOMD	Ammonia	Bacteria	Protozoa
		(mg/g)	(mg/g)	(mmol/L)	(log/mL)	(log/mL)
HF	C	629 ^d	704 ^f	24.4 ^f	8.56	6.04 ^e
	T₁₀₀	463 ^a	449 ^a,b	20.2 ^d	8.55	6.03 ^d,e
	S₁₀₀	520 ^b	505 ^c	20.2 ^d	8.48	5.24 ^a
	T₂₅S₇₅	47 9 ^a	483 ^b,c	18.7 ^c	8.53	5.68 ^b
	T₅₀S₅₀	470 ^a	444 ^a	16.6 ^a	8.47	5.62 ^b
	T₇₅S₂₅	467 ^a	477 ^a,b,c	16.5 ^a	8.38	5.94 ^c,d
HC	C	674 ^e	695 ^f	26.2 ^g	8.23	5.98 ^c,d,e
	T₁₀₀	526 ^b	548 ^d	19.2 ^c	8.54	6.01 ^c,d,e
	S₁₀₀	604 ^c,d	609 ^e	21.5 ^e	8.65	5.26 ^a
	T₂₅S₇₅	598 ^c	608 ^e	20.7 ^d	8.41	5.61 ^b
	T₅₀S₅₀	549 ^b	569 ^d	18.8 ^c	8.53	5.68 ^b
	T₇₅S₂₅	550 ^b	564 ^d	17.6 ^b	8.58	5.92 ^c
SEM		8.4	13.2	0.32	0.034	0.041
p-value
Diet		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.964	0.394
Extract		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.790	<0.001
Diet × extract		0.033	<0.001	<0.001	0.277	0.223

Means carrying no common superscript within the same column are different at p < 0.05. HF: 700 mg/g Napier grass and 300 mg/g concentrate; HC: 300 mg/g Napier grass and 700 mg/g concentrate; and C: unsupplemented control. Indices describe percentages of the respective extracts.