Table 4.

The effect of dietary corn bran on fermentation products in weaned pigs.

	Dietary treatment (day 14)			Dietary treatment (day 28)
Item, mg/g	CON	CB	P-value	CON	CB	P-value
Acetate	3.57 ± 0.17	3.14 ± 0.20	0.137	3.53 ± 0.22	3.63 ± 0.16	0.716
Propionate	2.38 ± 0.11	2.03 ± 0.16	0.098	2.22 ± 0.09	2.46 ± 0.11	0.119
Isobutyrate	0.15 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.02	0.861	0.20 ± 0.02	0.21 ± 0.02	0.653
Butyrate	1.29 ± 0.11	1.08 ± 0.14	0.272	1.34 ± 0.06	1.50 ± 0.11	0.291
Isovalerate	0.14 ± 0.01	0.13 ± 0.03	0.592	0.20 ± 0.02	0.20 ± 0.02	0.843
Valerate	0.38 ± 0.06	0.28 ± 0.05	0.225	0.46 ± 0.05	0.57 ± 0.70	0.246
Total VFAs	7.92 ± 0.38	6.82 ± 0.47	0.100	7.91 ± 0.33	8.63 ± 0.28	0.123

Fecal samples (n = 6 per treatment) were analyzed for fermentation products on the trial of days 14 and 28. The results were presented as mean values ± SEMs. Data were analyzed by student’s t-test. CON, control group; CB, corn barn group; VFAs, volatile fatty acids.