Table 5.

Correlations between the concentration of volatile fatty acids and expression of detected genes (P < 0.05, n = 18 vs. n = 6) in dairy cows fed with three experimental forage-based diets

Genes	Total VFA	Acetate	Propionate	Butyrate
Alla
C2	−0.51	−0.61
C3				0.54
C7				0.47
Gm8618		−0.49
IFI47				0.54
KRT36	−0.52		−0.48	−0.60
LPO	−0.52			−0.67
PI3	−0.56	−0.55
PRSS53	−0.63	−0.62	−0.48
S100A9	−0.61	−0.64	−0.48
SAA1	−0.52	−0.54	−0.52
TGM3	−0.52	−0.53
AHb
C7	0.88	0.88
SAA1			−0.91
CSc
LPO	−0.95	−0.92	−0.88
PI3	−0.91	−0.88	−0.86
KRT36	−0.93	−0.84	−0.94	−0.88
RSd
C2	−0.86	−0.86

^aAll, based on analysis with all 18 animals

^bAH = Total mixed ration (TMR) containing alfalfa hay as the main forage

^cCS = TMR containing corn stover as the main forage

^dRS = TMR containing rice straw as the main forage