Figure 3.

Total short chain fatty acids (SCFA), acetate, proprionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, valerate, isovalerate, and caproate concentrations in cecal digesta of chickens fed diets with increasing levels of deoxynivalenol (DON; 0, 2.5, 5, or 10 mg DON/kg diet) and with or without oral lipopolysaccharide challenge (LPS) 1 day prior to slaughter. Values are presented as least squares means ± standard error of the mean (SEM); n = 10 broilers per treatment; n = 9 in the 5 DON+con and 5 DON+lps groups. ^a,b,c DON × LPS interaction: Least squares means of total or individual SCFA with no common superscripts differ significantly between groups; p < 0.05. ^**Quadratic contrast: p < 0.05.