Table 6. Rumen microbial population of experimental diets incubated in buffered rumen fluid

Items	n	Treatments1)		SEM	p-value
		Corn TMR	Rice TMR
Organism2)
General bacteria	4	7.81	7.54	0.475	0.57
Protozoa	4	7.33	7.98	0.363	0.08
Fungi	4	1.96	1.54	0.095	<0.01

Corn TMR, control diet containing 33% flaked corn; Rice TMR, the diet containing 33% rice gain.
General bacteria, × 10¹⁰ copies/mL of rumen fluid; Protozoa, × 10⁹ copies/mL of rumen fluid; Fungi, × 10⁷ copies/mL of rumen fluid.
TMR, total mixed ration; SEM, standard error of the mean.