Table 4. In vitro gas production characteristics of experimental diets incubated in buffered rumen fluid

Items n Treatments1) SEM p-value
Corn TMR Rice TMR
Gas (mL/g DM)
 3 h 4 19.5 21.6 0.66 <0.05
 6 h 4 47.6 51.2 1.48 <0.05
 12 h 4 103.6 113.3 2.18 <0.01
 24 h 4 174.0 187.7 1.74 <0.01
 48 h 4 225.3 241.4 2.36 <0.01
Fitted parameters of gas2)
 Vmax 4 269.6 286.2 4.06 <0.01
 Kg 4 0.039 0.047 0.0011 0.21
Corn TMR, control diet containing 33% flaked corn; Rice TMR, the diet containing 33% rice gain.
Vmax, theoretical maximum gas production (mL/g DM); Kg, fractional rate of gas production (h−1)
TMR, total mixed ration; DM, dry matter; SEM, standard error of the mean.