Table 3
Ruminal parameters of sheep fed fed trace mineral-fortified microbial culture (TMC)

Item	Control	TMC added	SE	p value
Ruminal pH	6.41	6.52	0.12	0.3861
Ruminal total VFA1), μmoles/ml	47.1	47.2	8.9	0.9949
Moles/100moles
Acetate	72.2	73.1	1.2	0.4963
Propionate	17.8	16.7	2.0	0.6047
Iso-butyrate	0.22	0.22	0.02	0.8417
Butyrate	9.32	9.50	1.32	0.8891
Iso-valerate	0.19	0.22	0.05	0.5152
Valerate	0.25	0.27	0.04	0.6671
Caproic acid	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.6746
Acetate/Propionate	4.12	4.63	0.51	0.3421
Ruminal NH3-N, mg/dl	12.8	12.5	1.7	0.8629