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. 2023 May 5;14:65. doi: 10.1186/s40104-023-00870-z

Table 8.

Effects of high fiber diet or HF-FMT during gestation on fecal SCFAs concentrations of sows

Items Treatment SEM P-value
LF LFM HF
110 d of gestation
 AA, μmol/g 42.46 45.77 50.01 2.919 0.177
 PA, μmol/g 13.33 14.00 16.54 1.090 0.092
 BA, μmol/g 6.44 7.59 8.01 0.584 0.084
 SCFA, μmol/g 62.46 67.16 76.47 4.495 0.079
7 d of lactation
 AA, μmol/g 53.82 51.07 52.51 2.734 0.920
 PA, μmol/g 18.58 15.99 15.69 1.018 0.516
 BA, μmol/g 8.94 8.61 10.18 0.588 0.553
 SCFA, μmol/g 77.14 82.58 75.68 4.122 0.790

Data were shown as least squares mean with their SEM. Values within a row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)

LF Low fiber diet during gestation, n = 15, LFM Low fiber diet + fecal microbiota transplantation from HF sow during gestation, n = 15, HF High fiber diet during gestation, n = 15, SEM Pooled standard error of means, AA Acetic acid, PA Propionate aid, BA Butyric acid, SCFA The sum of AA, PA and BA