Table 1.

Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) concentrations (μmol/g) in the colon of pigs in the sodium butyrate (SB) and control (CO) groups.

Items	CO	SB	P-value
Total SCFA	69.63 ± 4.14	62.77 ± 4.68	0.305
Acetate	41.25 ± 2.22	37.34 ± 2.11	0.238
Propionate	17.88 ± 1.84	16.00 ± 2.76	0.586
Butyrate	7.20 ± 0.80	6.02 ± 0.56	0.259
Isovalerate	1.23 ± 0.09	1.37 ± 0.11	0.317
Valerate	1.19 ± 0.07	1.00 ± 0.13	0.233
Isobutyrate	0.88 ± 0.20	1.04 ± 0.11	0.501

Values are expressed as mean ± SE, n = 6.