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. 2019 May 20;5(3):297–306. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2019.05.001

Table 7.

Effect of the diet on organic acids content of faeces in the trial (μmol/g).1

Item Groups2
 SEM P-value
CTR GF
Acetate 201.54 219.74 14.60 0.431
Propionate 49.79a 35.62b 2.78 <0.0001
Butyrate 28.82a 21.24b 2.09 0.026
Isobutyrate 12.62 14.32 1.41 0.459
SOA 287.47 284.56 16.84 0.913

SOA = sum of organic acids.

a, b Within a row, means with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).

1

Values are means (LSM) ± standard error of the mean (SEM).

2

GF: grain free diet without grain cereals; CTR: control diet with conventional grain cereals.