Table I.

Final measures of rats fed diets for 28 days containing LAMS, LAMS with 3% tributyrin (LAMST), HAMS and HAMSB

	LAMS	LAMST	HAMS	HAMSB
Body weight(g)	383 ± 11	385 ± 9	382 ± 9	378 ± 6
Caecal tissue weight (g)	0.66 ± 0.03a	0.64 ± 0.03a	0.78 ± 0.02a	1.11 ± 0.08b
Digesta weight (g)
Caecum (g)	1.24 ± 0.10a	1.30 ± 0.08a	1.48 ± 0.16a	2.43 ± 0.31b
Proximal colon (g)	0.22 ± 0.07	0.13 ± 0.04	0.39 ± 0.12	0.37 ± 0.09
Distal colon (g)	0.55 ± 0.10	0.39 ± 0.06	0.48 ± 0.08	0.74 ± 0.14
Digesta pH
Caecum	7.19 ± 0.07ac	7.37 ± 0.07a	7.00 ± 0.06c	6.45 ± 0.10b
Proximal colon	7.28 ± 0.08ac	7.30 ± 0.05a	6.94 ± 0.09c	6.57 ± 0.06b
Distal colon	6.93 ± 0.07ac	7.03 ± 0.06a	6.74 ± 0.06c	6.38 ± 0.04b

Values are mean ± standard error of the mean (n = 9–10). Means with a different superscript within each row are significantly different (P < 0.05).