Table 5.
Effects of different doses of C. butyricum on rumen fermentation of fattening goats.
| Dietc | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | CON | LCB | HCB | SEMd | P-value |
| Ruminal pH | 5.75a | 5.37b | 5.92a | 0.08 | <0.003 |
| NH3-N3, mg/dl | 26.79 | 30.36 | 29.94 | 1.90 | 0.742 |
| Ruminal VFA 4 , mmol/L | |||||
| Total VFA | 77.10 | 76.53 | 61.54 | 3.16 | 0.057 |
| Acetate | 47.31 | 52.02 | 42.71 | 2.12 | 0.212 |
| Propionate | 20.93 | 17.95 | 13.03 | 1.52 | 0.089 |
| Butyrate | 8.86 | 5.51 | 5.74 | 1.11 | 0.426 |
ab
with row, different superscripts indicate differences between treatments (P ≤ 0.05).
c
Diets: CON, control, a basal diet; LCB, low C. butyricum, a basal diet plus 2.0 × 108 CFU/kg; HCB, high C. butyricum, a basal diet plus 1.0 × 109 CFU/kg.
d
SEM, total standard error of means (n = 4).