Effect of different dietary protein sources on digestibility and growth performance parameters in lambs

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 9 Rumen fluid parameters of Farafra sheep fed different experimental diets

Item	Experimental diets							Mean		SE	Sig
Item	SBM	BCSM	CSM		SSM			Mean		SE	Sig
pH
0 h	6.60	6.67	6.70		6.17			6.54A	0.30		**
3 h	6.10	6.27	6.20		5.77			6.09B	0.27		**
6 h	6.40	6.47	6.40		5.83			6.28B	0.34		**
Mean	6.37a	6.47a	6.43a		5.92b				0.35		**
Ammonia-N, mg/100 mL
0 h	14.00	16.67	11.00				15.77	14.36C	2.92		**
3 h	25.70	36.67	23.53				35.26	30.29A	6.77		**
6 h	19.33	23.76	23.00				23.00	22.27B	3.38		**
Mean	19.68b	25.70a	19.18b				24.68a		5.04		*
Total VFA’s, meq/100 mL
0 h	13.00	8.73		10.07		9.73		10.38C	2.05		**
3 h	45.33	29.00		31.33		30.67		34.08A	7.11		**
6 h	22.53	20.13		21.10		20.40		21.04B	2.49		**
Mean	26.95a	19.29b		20.83b		20.27b			6.58		*

a and b: Means in the same row with different superscripts between treatments are significantly different. A, B and C: Means in the same columns with different superscripts between times are significantly different.
SE, standard error; NS, *: Significant difference at (p < 0.05). **: Significant difference at (p < 0.01)