Rumen microbial and fermentation characteristics are affected differently by bacterial probiotic supplementation during induced lactic and subacute acidosis in sheep

Table 1 Chemical composition of the feeds used in basal diet and in feed challenges for acidosis induction (g/100 g DM)

¹ Natural grassland hay:wheat-based concentrate (4:1 ratio on DM basis).
² Feed challenges: 1.2% body weight (BW) of ground wheat, corn or beet pulp was intraruminally dosed each morning of the feed challenge period. BW was 60.7 ± 3.3 kg at the beginning of the experiment.
³ Concentrate: wheat based concentrate with 3% molasses.
⁴ nd: not detected.

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