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. 2009 Mar 7;6:11. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-6-11

Table 4.

Effect of experimental diets on SCFA concentrations in caecum and faeces¹

	Control	Cellulose	HYLON VII	Hi-maize 1043	Hi-maize 240	Hi-maize 260	NOVELOSE 330
Caecal
Total SCFA	44.7 ± 3.5^a	40.0 ± 3.1^a	62.8 ± 6.9^ab	78.9 ± 9.4^b	54.8 ± 5.8^ab	71.0 ± 8.7^b	56.5 ± 7.3^ab
Acetate	28.9 ± 2.5	26.2 ± 2.3	36.6 ± 4.7	41.4 ± 5.3	33.5 ± 4.3	31.4 ± 4.7	40.2 ± 5.7
Propionate	10.7 ± 0.8^a	8.1 ± 0.8^a	9.5 ± 1.7^a	22.3 ± 2.9^c	12.9 ± 1.2^ab	16.8 ± 2.2^bc	10.2 ± 1.1^a
Butyrate	5.1 ± 0.4^a	4.4 ± 0.80^a	15.1 ± 3.1^bc	12.3 ± 1.7^b	6.5 ± 1.1^a	20.3 ± 3.0^c	4.4 ± 0.8^a
Faecal
Total SCFA	25.1 ± 3.1^ab	19.5 ± 2.0^a	40.5 ± 4.1^bc	48.2 ± 5.4^c	44.2 ± 7.9^c	37.9 ± 2.9^bc	35.2 ± 4.0^abc
Acetate	17.3 ± 2.0^ab	14.4 ± 1.4^a	24.0 ± 2.7^bc	28.6 ± 3.6^c	25.7 ± 2.2^bc	19.5 ± 2.2^abc	25.3 ± 3.2^bc
Propionate	5.0 ± 0.9^a	3.7 ± 0.4^a	4.0 ± 0.8^a	11.1 ± 1.4^b	4.9 ± 0.6^a	5.9 ± 0.5^a	5.9 ± 1.0^a
Butyrate	2.7 ± 0.4^a	1.8 ± 0.2^a	11.5 ± 4.0^b	6.5 ± 0.9^ab	3.8 ± 1.3^a	11.0 ± 2.6^b	2.5 ± 0.5^a

¹Means ± SEM, n = 12. Means with superscripts without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.