Table 3.

Mean in vitro neutral detergent fiber digestibility of different forage sources inoculated or not with a Bacillus-based direct-fed microbial in experiment 1^1,2

Forage source	Treatments		SEM	P-value3
	CON	DFM		T	T × H
Ryegrass	33.0	44.8	1.51	<0.0001	0.03
Alfalfa hay	29.9	34.0	1.38	0.04	0.04
Leucaena	6.32	22.9	1.38	<0.0001	<0.0001
Corn silage	46.6	50.6	1.45	0.05	0.04
Spinifex	24.2	33.1	1.44	<0.0001	0.05
Buffel grass	38.9	58.2	1.31	<0.0001	<0.0001
Flinders grass	42.4	44.8	1.38	0.23	0.88
Mitchell grass	14.0	18.3	1.52	<0.01	<0.0001
Rhodes grass hay	25.7	31.5	1.52	0.05	0.04
Queensland bluegrass	31.7	31.6	1.38	0.96	0.04

IVDMD was analyzed at 24 and 48 h post-direct-fed microbial inoculation.

DFM, Bacillus-based direct-fed microbial inoculated in the rumen fluid (B. licheniformis and B. subtilis; Bovacillus, Chr. Hansen A/S, Horsholm, Denmark).

T, main treatment effect; T × H, treatment × hour interaction.