Table 11.

Microbial protein content in culture media during in vitro fermentation trial^1,2,3

	NP		LP			P-value
	−DF	+DF	−DF	+DF	SEM	CP	DF	CP × DF
Days 30 of gestation
Microbial protein at baseline, mg/mL	0.99	1.01	0.97	1.00	0.021	0.397	0.351	0.711
Microbial protein at 24 h, mg/mL	1.33	1.45	1.31	1.63	0.072	0.146	<0.001	0.075
Percentage changes of microbial protein at 24 h, %	33.90	44.55	34.66	63.53	6.84	0.078	<0.001	0.103
Gas production at 24 h, mL	24.0	26.8	24.0	27.1	1.84	0.062	0.916	0.836
Percentage changes of Gas production at 24 h, %	41.60	47.07	41.62	46.18	3.41	0.078	0.875	0.871
Days 90 of gestation
Microbial protein at baseline, mg/mL	1.01	1.02	0.96	0.97	0.041	0.069	0.771	0.963
Microbial protein at 24 h, mg/mL	1.30	1.46	1.30	1.56	0.10	0.470	0.010	0.492
Percentage changes of microbial protein at 24 h, %	29.60	42.59	35.14	62.56	8.36	0.064	0.004	0.288
Gas production at 24 h, mL	25.08	26.92	25.33	27.33	2.09	0.928	0.347	0.964
Percentage changes of Gas production at 24 h, %	42.94	47.30	44.08	46.87	3.90	0.913	0.207	0.810

¹NP, normal CP; LP, low CP; DF, dietary fiber. DF mixture consisted of pectin, inulin, and cellulose at the ratio of 1:10:34.

²Data are means and maximum SEM.

³ N = 12 at each stage of gestation.