Table 2. Gas production and parameters after in vitro incubation of treatments using mixed rumen fluid

Item CNSL (%) SEM p-value
0 0.02 0.2 1 2 Linear Quadratic
Gas production (mL/g DM)
 3 h 62.7ab 59.8b 62.2ab 63.4ab 65.1a 0.82 < 0.05 0.6132
 6 h 102 96.9 101 104 104 2.10 0.0815 0.4180
 9 h 143 136 143 146 145 3.39 0.1790 0.3559
 12 h 176 169 176 180 177 3.96 0.2915 0.2644
 24 h 263 256 261 260 245 4.16 0.0213 0.0980
 36 h 312a 303a 306a 299a 277b 4.63 < 0.001 0.1095
 48 h 333a 325a 326a 318a 294b 4.55 < 0.001 0.0945
Fitted parameters of gas
 Vmax1) 356a 350ab 347ab 333b 300c 5.08 < 0.001 0.1230
 Kg2) 0.06c 0.06c 0.06bc 0.06b 0.07a 0.001 < 0.001 0.5022
Methane production
 % 11.6ab 11.8a 11.8a 11.4b 10.6c 0.06 < 0.001 0.0677
 mL/g DM 38.8a 38.2ab 38.4ab 36.2b 31.2c 0.55 < 0.001 < 0.05
 mL/g DDM 66.7a 65.8ab 60.3ab 62.4ab 51.0b 3.30 < 0.05 0.1559
Theoretical maximum gas production (mL/g DM).
Fractional rate of gas production (h−1).
Means within a row with different superscript letters indicate significant differences among the treatments (p < 0.05).