Table 4. pH of the cultured medium after 48-hour incubation, true dry matter digestibility of the samples, and kinetic parameters of gas production

Item Treatment1) SEM p-value
Flake_32 Flake_41 Flake_48 Flake_66 Flake_86 Flake_89 Overall Linear
pH 6.20a 6.15a 6.22a 6.18a 6.05b 6.07b 0.017 < 0.01 < 0.01
TDMD (%) 88.7 92.3 94.0 92.4 93.0 96.1 2.89 0.500 0.099
Vmax (mL) 54.3 56.0 54.8 53.1 55.0 55.6 1.43 0.323 0.857
kd (h−1) 0.166 0.164 0.125 0.163 0.193 0.201 0.0233 0.219 0.046
Lag (h) 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.4 0.45 0.045 < 0.01
Flake_(% gelatinization).
Means that do not have common superscript differ (p < 0.05).
TDMD, true dry matter digestibility; Vmax, maximum volume of gas production; kd, fractional rate of gas production.