Animal Microbiome

Table 1 DM intake, growth performance, and rumen fermentation characteristics for the dietary treatments

From: Metataxonomic and metabolomic profiling revealed Pinus koraiensis cone essential oil reduced methane emission through affecting ruminal microbial interactions and host-microbial metabolism

Item	Treatment		SEM	P-value
Item	CON	PEO	SEM	P-value
Initial BW, kg	42.0	41.7	0.51	NS
Final BW, kg	41.2	41.2	0.55	NS
BW change¹, kg	− 0.81	− 0.47	0.29	NS
DMI, kg/d	1.29	1.27	0.04	NS
DMD, %	0.70	0.70	0.02	NS
pH	7.09	7.00	0.07	NS
NH₃-N, mg/dL	8.61	8.86	0.15	NS

NS: not significant; SEM: standard error of the mean; amplicon sequence variant; CON: without PEO; PEO: Pinus koraiensis essential oil; BW: body weight; DM: dry matter; DMI: dry matter intake; DMD: dry matter digestibility; NH₃-N: ammonia nitrogen
¹Over 28 d

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