Effect of manila palm (Veitchia merrillii Becc.) on rumen fermentation and microbial population in beef heifers

Table 5 Effect of manila palm (Veitchia merrillii Becc.) on microbial population in beef cattle

Items	Level of Manila palm in Diet (%)				SEM	Contrast
Items	0	1	3	5	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
Total direct count (cells/mL)
Protozoa (× 10⁵)	4.65^a	4.42^b	4.39^b	4.37^b	0.07	0.02	0.17
Anaerobic fungi (× 10⁷)	5.54	5.61	5.51	5.60	0.04	0.60	0.69
Bacteria (× 10¹¹)	6.07	6.02	6.01	5.98	0.06	0.37	0.86
Real-time PCR technique, copies/ml of rumen content
Total bacteria, × 10⁹	16.18	25.22	19.18	21.21	3.02	0.51	0.26
Protozoa, × 10⁶	6.59^a	4.99^ab	4.71^ab	3.39^ab	0.67	0.01	0.84
F.succinogenes, × 10⁶	4.66	4.33	4.39	4.26	0.77	0.75	0.91
R.flavefaciens, × 10⁶	27.61	29.61	31.85	29.43	3.39	0.62	0.53
R.albus, × 10⁶	4.16	3.39	4.17	3.31	1.35	0.84	0.75

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