. 2014 Jul 5;10:149. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-149

Table 5.

Faecal volatile fatty acids following treatments supplemented with different postbiotic metabolite combinations

		Treatments
Parameters	Control	COM246	COM345	COM456
Total volatile fatty acids (mM)	61.48 ± 2.13^b	68.38 ± 1.83^a	68.32 ± 1.48^a	68.95 ± 1.61^a
Acetic	40 .11 ± 1.78	43.42 ± 1.28	43.65 ± 2.87	43.98 ± 1.63
Priopionic	8.52 ± 0.50^b	9.62 ± 0.44^a	9.78 ± 0.61^a	9.61 ± 0.52^a
Butyric	6.47 ± 0.53^b	8.83 ± 0.67^a	8.38 ± 0.75^a	8.67 ± 0.63^a
iso-butyric	1.32 ± 0.10	1.42 ± 0.08	1.33 ± 0.12	1.44 ± 0.09
iso-valeric	5.03 ± 0.18	5.06 ± 0.12	5.13 ± 0.14	5.15 ± 0.13
pH value	6.94 ± 0.06^a	6.65 ± 0.05^b	6.54 ± 0.04^c	6.52 ± 0.05^c

^{1 a-c}Means in the same row not sharing a common superscript are significantly different (P < 0.05).

²SEM: Data are means of 25 cages of 2 hens per cage per treatment.