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.