Table 2. Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentration (mg g−1 wet content) of the ascending colon contents of rotavirus (RV)-infected and non-infected piglets at day 15.
SCFA (mg g−1 wet content) |
Non-infected |
RV-infected |
P-value |
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FF | HMO | PRE | FF | HMO | PRE | Diet | Infection | Diet × infection | |
Acetate | 1.71±0.37 | 1.84±0.38 | 2.2±0.36 | 1.74±0.3 | 1.94±0.41 | 1.94±0.23 | 0.91 | 0.39 | 0.83 |
Propionate | 0.26±0.05 | 0.36±0.09 | 0.45±0.08 | 0.44±0.06 | 0.57±0.13 | 0.53±0.07 | 0.39 | 0.0045 | 0.64 |
Butyrate | 0.29±0.07 | 0.26±0.07 | 0.45±0.12 | 0.27±0.04 | 0.28±0.06 | 0.33±0.04 | 0.30 | 0.88 | 0.56 |
Total SCFAa | 2.26±0.48 | 2.46±0.52 | 3.24±0.6 | 2.46±0.38 | 2.79±0.57 | 2.8±0.29 | 0.73 | 0.37 | 0.63 |
Isobutyrate | 0.04±0.01 | 0.03±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.05±0.02 | 0.04±0.01 | 0.51 | 0.06 | 0.45 |
Isovalerate | 0.06±0.01 | 0.05±0.01 | 0.08±0.02 | 0.05±0.01 | 0.08±0.02 | 0.07±0.01 | 0.39 | 0.10 | 0.51 |
Valerate | 0.05±0.01 | 0.05±0.01 | 0.06±0.01 | 0.05±0.02 | 0.07±0.02 | 0.06±0.01 | 0.63 | 0.07 | 0.46 |
Total BCFAb | 0.09±0.01 | 0.08±0.01 | 0.12±0.03 | 0.09±0.01 | 0.13±0.04 | 0.11±0.02 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0.48 |
Abbreviations: BCFA, branch-chained fatty acid; FF, formula fed; HMO, formula supplemented with 4 g l−1 human milk oligosaccharides; PRE, formula supplemented with 4 g l−1 short-chain galactooligosaccharides and long-chain fructooligosaccharides (9:1).
Values are mean±s.e.m. (n=7–13 per group).
Total SCFA=acetate+propionate+butyrate.
Total BCFA=isobutyrate+isovalerate.