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).