Table 1.

Acetic acid concentration of ileal and cecal lumen contents

Sex	Age (wk)	Diet	Number of samples	Ileum		Cecum
				Mean (mg/g)	SEM	Mean (mg/g)	SEM
Male	6	Chow	8	8.42	2.82	4.53	0.82
		High-fat	5	27.13	4.26	5.60	0.87
	31	Chow	7	6.92	2.14	2.76	0.96
		High-fat	6	9.28	1.92	0.46	0.10
	104	Chow	5	9.77	6.84	9.88	2.87
		High-fat	4	17.66	2.86	7.45	0.57
Female	6	Chow	8	18.58	5.54	9.07	2.65
		High-fat	5	20.60	2.53	6.82	1.52
	31	Chow	6	6.35	1.60	0.41	0.05
		High-fat	6	12.95	1.53	0.45	0.09
	74	Chow	5	4.70	0.81	0.66	0.18
		High-fat	6	10.36	1.37	1.11	0.44
	104	Chow	10	15.05	4.33	4.64	1.55
		High-fat	10	16.30	3.61	3.73	1.18