Table 3.

The effect of feeding LC or HC diet on rumen fermentation and colonic digesta parameters in goats at the time of slaughter

Item	LC	HC	P-value
Rumen fluid
Free LPS, EU/mL	25201 ± 3398	48395 ± 4723	0.004
Total VFA, mM	90.20 ± 3.55	116.37 ± 8.14	0.023
Acetate, mM	58.28 ± 2.45	65.48 ± 5.45	0.291
Propionate, mM	16.14 ± 0.55	22.03 ± 1.24	0.003
Butyrate, mM	10.65 ± 0.77	21.36 ± 1.79	0.001
Isobutyrate, mM	1.73 ± 0.06	2.12 ± 0.14	0.044
Valerate, Mm	1.26 ± 0.08	1.92 ± 0.12	0.002
Isovalerate, mM	2.14 ± 0.06	2.95 ± 0.12	0.000
Acetate: Propionate	3.61 ± 0.12	2.96 ± 0.14	0.007
Colon digesta
Free LPS,EU/mL	22527 ± 5325	33613 ± 5390	0.182
Starch, mg/g mass	3.42 ± 0.51	4.56 ± 0.93	0.042
Total VFA, mM	44.68 ± 3.35	59.01 ± 2.51	0.007
Acetate, mM	26.54 ± 1.97	36.58 ± 2.08	0.007
Propionate, mM	10.79 ± 0.88	13.23 ± 0.55	0.037
Butyrate, mM	4.44 ± 0.54	6.26 ± 0.25	0.010
Isobutyrate, mM	2.37 ± 1.46	0.85 ± 0.04	0.280
Valerate, Mm	1.07 ± 0.04	1.21 ± 0.06	0.130
Isovalerate, mM	0.95 ± 0.03	0.88 ± 0.03	0.172
Acetate: Propionate	2.47 ± 0.04	2.78 ± 0.16	0.126

Values are mean ± SEM, n = 6.