Table 3 Contribution of carbon from condensed tannins (CT) in enriched or not-enriched mixed substrates from in vitro fermentation from Trial 2.

From: Stable isotopes provide evidence that condensed tannins from sericea lespedeza are degraded by ruminal microbes

% C from CT

Product of fermentation

Microbes

Clarified rumen fluid

Residue

Methane

CT enriched + Alfalfa

55.1

88.5

66.9

88.3

CT not enriched + Alfalfa

68.4

68.6

68.2

66.5

Statistics*

 P value

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

0.710

 < 0.001

 SEM

1.51

1.63

3.98

0.43

  1. *Means are considered different when P < 0.05.
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