Table 6.

Summary statistics of variables utilized for the correlation analysis.

	Mean	Standard deviation	Minimum	Maximum
OBCFA profile, mg/g DM
iso-C15:0	0.40	0.12	0.16	0.70
anteiso-C15:0	0.94	0.25	0.39	1.44
C15:0	1.09	0.56	0.46	2.48
iso-C16:0	0.42	0.12	0.18	0.64
iso-C17:0	0.58	0.10	0.33	0.79
anteiso-C17:0	0.62	0.22	0.34	1.46
C17:0	0.48	0.11	0.29	0.84
TC15a	2.43	0.88	1.05	4.25
TC17b	1.67	0.32	0.99	2.66
TIFAc	1.39	0.27	0.75	2.07
TAFAd	1.56	0.39	0.73	2.77
TOCFAe	1.57	0.62	0.79	3.09
TBCFAf	2.95	0.63	1.48	4.64
OBCFAg	4.52	1.10	2.30	7.10
Ruminal fermentation parameters and MCP synthesis
Acetate, mmol/mol	515.6	21.3	482.5	572.3
Propionate, mmol/mol	251.6	29.0	212.2	340.1
Isobutyrate, mmol/mol	9.36	1.50	6.83	13.8
Butyrate, mmol/mol	208.2	22.4	148.6	244.2
Isovalerate, mmol/mol	12.5	1.91	9.44	18.4
TVFA, mmol/L	62.6	14.8	33.7	89.6
Acetate/propionate	2.08	0.28	1.43	2.59
NH3-N, mg/dL	5.09	4.29	0.30	18.5
pH	6.57	0.16	6.19	6.90
MCP, g/kg DM	160.7	22.1	110.1	205.7
Ruminal bacterial population
R. albus, 10−2%	0.29	0.36	0.02	2.17
R. flavefaciens, 10−2%	3.60	5.63	0.10	28.40
B. fibrisolvens, %	10.89	7.37	1.78	31.86
S. ruminantium, %	0.68	0.32	0.25	1.51
R. amylophilus, %	11.84	9.57	0.27	44.44
S. bovis, 10−2%	0.23	0.21	0.04	1.10

^a TC15 = iso-C15:0 + anteiso-C15:0 + C15:0;

^b TC17 = iso-C17:0 + anteiso-C17:0 + C17:0;

^c TIFA = iso-C15:0 + iso-C16:0 + iso-C17:0;

^d TAFA = anteiso-C15:0 + anteiso-C17:0;

^e TOCFA = C15:0 + C17:0;

^f TBCFA = iso-C15:0 + iso-C16:0 + iso-C17:0 + anteiso-C15:0 + anteiso-C17:0;

^gOBCFA = iso-C15:0 + anteiso-C15:0 + C15:0 + iso-C16:0+ iso-C17:0 + anteiso-C17:0 + C17:0.