Table 4.
Abundance of rumen methanogens in the rumen of goat kids reared in the absence (CTL) or presence of adult companions (CMP) at 7 weeks of age (n = 8).
| Treatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTL | CMP | Adultsa | SEM | p -valueb | |
| Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 12.2 | 9.60 | 44.9 | 1.91 | 0.442 |
| Group12_ISO4_H5 | 48.2 | 0.76 | 0.00 | 7.370 | <0.001 |
| Group8_WGK1 | 2.48 | 0.00 | 2.04 | 0.703 | 0.234 |
| Group9_ISO4_G1 | 11.4 | 37.1 | 13.3 | 4.650 | 0.002 |
| Group10_sp | 1.61 | 1.51 | 6.12 | 0.489 | 0.878 |
| Group9_sp_CH1270 | 0.89 | 18.4 | 1.53 | 3.080 | 0.002 |
| Methanomicrobium mobile | 5.48 | 26.5 | 0.00 | 5.040 | 0.007 |
| Group11_sp_ISO4_G11 | 9.26 | 3.72 | 14.3 | 3.180 | 0.878 |
| Unidentified | 8.54 | 2.21 | 6.12 | 1.350 | 0.007 |
a
Description of the rumen bacterial community in the adult companions.
b
p-values for the differences between CTL and CMP kids.