Table 4.

Concentrations of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the colonic contents of weaning piglets under the different treatments (mg/g dry weight).

Items	NC	PC	LP	P values
Acetic acid	1.9 ± 0.67b	2 ± 0.69b	3.89 ± 1.97a	0.0367
Propanoic acid	1.46 ± 0.55	1.54 ± 0.49	2.18 ± 1.05	0.2120
Butyric acid	0.66 ± 0.29b	0.67 ± 0.26b	1.17 ± 0.32a	0.0315
Isobutyric acid	0.07 ± 0.01	0.06 ± 0.02	0.14 ± 0.07	0.0610
Valeric acid	0.05 ± 0.03ab	0.03 ± 0.03b	0.1 ± 0.06a	0.0515
Isovaleric acid	0.11 ± 0.06	0.08 ± 0.09	0.18 ± 0.12	0.2208
Total short-chain fat acids	4.25 ± 1.46b	4.38 ± 1.49b	7.66 ± 3.22a	0.0230

Different superscript letters within a row represent statistically significant differences among groups (P < 0.05).