Table 1.

LPS, SCFA, and lactate concentration in the hindgut digesta in goats fed high concentrate diet.

Items	LC	HS	HL
COLONIC DIGESTA
LPS (EU/g)	52376.15 ± 3898.82	71372.80 ± 1470.78*	62950.25 ± 1651.05*
Acetate (μmol/g)	4.70 ± 0.23	6.61 ± 0.83*	6.03 ± 0.23*
Propionate (μmol/g)	1.83 ± 0.10	3.33 ± 0.46*	2.46 ± 0.13*
Isobutyrate (μmol/g)	0.16 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.02*	0.17 ± 0.01
Butyrate (μmol/g)	1.24 ± 0.08	2.14 ± 0.02*	1.55 ± 0.15
Isovalerate (μmol/g)	0.14 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.11	0.14 ± 0.01
Valerate (μmol/g)	0.20 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.03*	0.24 ± 0.02
Total SCFA (μmol/g)	8.27 ± 0.31	12.78 ± 1.52*	10.62 ± 0.41*
Lactate (μmol/g)	0.85 ± 0.16	1.22 ± 0.07*	1.09 ± 0.22
CAECAL DIGESTA
LPS (EU/g)	56679.26 ± 2009.05	61977.33 ± 1397.28*	68664.99 ± 2857.02*
Acetate (μmol/g)	5.12 ± 0.39	6.28 ± 0.72	5.73 ± 0.32
Propionate (μmol/g)	2.03 ± 0.21	2.89 ± 0.26*	2.40 ± 0.11
Isobutyrate (μmol/g)	0.17 ± 0.01	0.18 ± 0.16	0.17 ± 0.01
Butyrate (μmol/g)	1.32 ± 0.98	1.87 ± 0.20*	1.65 ± 0.22
Isovalerate (μmol/g)	0.15 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.02	0.15 ± 0.01
Valerate (μmol/g)	0.24 ± 0.01	0.27 ± 0.03	0.29 ± 0.02
Total SCFA (μmol/g)	9.09 ± 0.65	11.69 ± 1.14*	10.48 ± 0.66
Lactate (μmol/g)	0.35 ± 0.05	0.98 ± 0.28*	0.99 ± 0.18*

Values are mean ± SEM, n = 5.

^*P < 0.05 vs. LC.