Table 1.

Effect of dietary fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS), inulin, and calcium on animal growth, caecal pH, and caecum weight after infection†

	Growth (g/day)	Caecal pH	Caecal weight (g)
Low calcium
Control	1.4 (0.2)	7.2 (0.2)	1.2 (0.1)
Inulin	0.5 (0.2)	6.0 (0.1)*	1.9 (0.1)*
FOS	−0.6 (0.5)*	6.5 (0.3)*	2.1 (0.1)*
High calcium
Control	1.4 (0.2)	7.5 (0.2)	1.2 (0.1)
Inulin	0.7 (0.5)	7.0 (0.3)†	1.8 (0.1)
FOS	0.6 (0.3)†	6.8 (0.2)	1.7 (0.1)

†Results are expressed as mean (SEM) (n = 7 in the high calcium FOS group and n = 8 in the other diet groups).

*Significantly different from the low calcium/control group (p<0.05); †significantly different from its low calcium counterpart (p<0.05).